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Alum Creek (Ohio)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Alum Creek is a 58-mile (93 km) long creek that runs north to south in central Ohio. The creek originates in Morrow County and then flows through Delaware County and finally into Franklin County, where it ends at Big Walnut Creek, which drains into the Scioto River. Alum Creek is a source of drinking water for the city of Westerville, Ohio. It has also been known as Allum Creek, Elk Creek, Seckle Creek, Sepung Creek, and Salt Creek.

Flows through: United States.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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