Green Creek (Ohio)

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coordinates41°13′47″N 83°04′39″W / 41.2297222°N 83.0775°W / 41.2297222; -83.0775 (Green Creek origin)
elevation703 ft (214 m)
location
Confluence with Sandusky River at Lake Erie
Green Creek
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationPleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  coordinates41°13′47″N 83°04′39″W / 41.2297222°N 83.0775°W / 41.2297222; -83.0775 (Green Creek origin)
  elevation703 ft (214 m)
Mouth 
  location
Confluence with Sandusky River at Lake Erie
  coordinates
41°26′36″N 83°00′42″W / 41.4433333°N 83.0116667°W / 41.4433333; -83.0116667 (Green Creek mouth)
  elevation
568 ft (173 m)
Basin features
ProgressionGreen Creek → Sandusky River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → Saint Lawrence River → Gulf of Saint Lawrence
GNIS ID1066024

Green Creek is a 21.6-mile-long (34.8 km)[1] tributary to the Sandusky River in the northern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It connects Mineral Springs at the village of Green Springs to the Sandusky River.[2]

Green Creek was so named on account of the mineral-stained rocks along its course.[3]

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