Bear Branch is a stream in Iron and Reynolds counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Black River.
The stream headwaters arise in Iron County at 37°21′52″N 90°44′50″W / 37.36444°N 90.74722°W and the stream flows southwest to its confluence in Reynolds County with the Black River at 37°19′19″N 90°45′49″W / 37.32194°N 90.76361°W.[1] The source area for the stream is southwest of Annapolis and the stream flows parallel to Missouri Route K to join the Black at the north end of Clearwater Lake.[2]
Bear Branch was named for the bears along its course.[3]
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- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Branch (Black River tributary)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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