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Place Name
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Cherry Creek
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Place Status (Type)
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creek
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Location
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El Paso County, Colorado (CO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Cherry Creek
, 64 mi/103 km long,
central Colo.; rises in high plateau in NW El Paso co.; flows N to
South Platte R. in Denver. Cherry Creek Dam,
6 mi/9.7 km SE of Denver, completed 1950, is
140 ft/43 m high,
14,300 ft/4,359 m long. Flood control,
irrigation. Forms Cherry Creek L. (Cherry Creek State Park). At
midstream is Castlewood Canyon State Park
5 mi/8 km SE of Castle Rock.
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