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〕 Perry County, Ohio, approximately 2 mi (3 km) north of Shawnee〔DeLorme (1991). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.〕 | mouth = ,〔 Hocking River in Athens County, Ohio, approximately 2 mi (3 km) southeast of Nelsonville〔 | basin_countries = United States | length = 27.0 mi (43.5 km) | elevation = Approx. 820 ft (250 m) 〔U.S. Geological Survey. New Lexington quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1992.〕 | mouth_elevation = 659 ft (201 m) 〔 | discharge = | watershed = 116 mi² (300 km²) }} Monday Creek is a tributary of the Hocking River, 27 miles (43.5 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Hocking and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 116 square miles (300 km²) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. Monday Creek has been badly affected by acid mine drainage. ==Course and watershed== Monday Creek rises north of Shawnee in southern Perry County, and flows generally southwardly through northeastern Hocking County and northwestern Athens County, passing through the eastern part of Nelsonville to its confluence with the Hocking River about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of that city.〔 Its largest tributaries are Little Monday Creek, 14.3 miles (23 km) long,〔 which flows through Perry and Hocking Counties, and the Snow Fork,〔 10.7 miles (17.2 km) long,〔 which rises in Perry County and flows through Hocking and Athens Counties, through the communities of Murray City and Buchtel.〔〔 As of 1994, land use in the Monday Creek watershed was occupied this way:〔 *Forest, 87% *Surface mining, 5% *Cropland, 3% *Wetlands, 2% *Grazing and pasture, 1% each *Urban, 1% The Wayne National Forest owns 38% of land in the watershed; the largest private landowner is the Sunday Creek Mining Company.〔 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「Monday Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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