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〕 | source_elevation = | source_elevation_imperial = 1837 | source_elevation_note =〔Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2011-10-25.〕 | source_length = | source_length_imperial = | source1_name = | source_meet = | mouth_name = Guyandotte River | mouth_location = Logan | mouth_location_note = | mouth_elevation = | mouth_elevation_imperial = 663 | mouth_elevation_note =〔 | mouth_lat_d = 37.8487146 | mouth_lat_m = | mouth_lat_s = | mouth_lat_NS = | mouth_long_d = -81.9970693 | mouth_long_m = | mouth_long_s = | mouth_long_EW = | mouth_coordinates_note = 〔 | tributary_left = Copperas Mine Fork | tributary_left1 = | tributary_right = | tributary_right1 = | map = Island Creek WV map.png | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Island Creek and its watershed in Logan County, West Virginia | map_locator = | map_first = }} Island Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau, in the Logan Coalfield. Island Creek's entire course and drainage area are in Logan County. Island Creek rises on Horsepen Mountain in the southern extremity of Logan County, near the community of Mountain View, and flows generally northward through the unincorporated communities of Crystal Block, Sarah Ann, Stirrat, Barnabus, Superior Bottom, Omar, Chauncey, Micco, Switzer, Rossmore, Monaville, Wilkinson, Monitor, and Mount Gay, to the city of Logan, where it flows into the Guyandotte River opposite Hatfield Island. The creek is paralleled by West Virginia Route 44 for most of its course.〔 According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 94% of the Island Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous.〔 Its largest tributary is the Copperas Mine Fork, which drains 43% of Island Creek's watershed;〔 HUC 12 watershed 050701010401, totaling 29075.17 acres.〕 Copperas Mine Fork flows into Island Creek at Mount Gay.〔 ==See also== *List of rivers of West Virginia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Island Creek (West Virginia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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