St. Clarke River
St. Clarke River | |
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![]() St. Clarke River in Downtown St. Clarke | |
Location | |
Country | Ibica |
State | Albion |
Cities | St. Clarke, Lebbanon, Philmont, San Marcos |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Baldwin Spring |
- location | London, Baldwin County, Albion, Ibica |
- elevation | 335 ft (102 m) |
Mouth | St. Clarke Bay, St. Clarke |
- location | Bay of Albion, St. Clarke County, Albion, Ibica |
- elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 445.5 mi (717.0 km) |
Discharge | |
- location | mouth |
- average | 414 cu ft/s (11.7 m3/s) (estimate) |
The St. Clarke River is a 445.5-mile (717.0 km) long river in flowing from the central part of Albion, northwest to meet the coastline in the state's largest city, which the river gives its name to.
The river rises in South Central Albion from Baldwin Spring near the city of London. It flows roughly north to Jordan Lake, near the city o Philmont, where the river is dammed after its juncture with the Jordan River to form the lake. From here, the river flows northwest through the cities of Philmont, Acceline, and Lebannon, before reaching the St. Clarke Metropolitan Area, where it flows through the heart of the city before reaching its mouth on the Bay of Albion.
Health and Public Safety
Due to the river flowing through many of the states historic cities, polution during Ibica's industrialization period led to the water being unsanitary and causing health issues in the cities that drank from it. In 1875, the Albion legislature created the St. Clarke River Sanitary Board, which has overtime evolved into the St. Clarke River Authority, and empowered them to begin cleaning up the river.
Today, this agency is responible for wastewater treatment in Chambers, St, Clarke, and Stone counties, its original asignment, as well as water-access management, irrigation, wastewater treatment, and hydro-electric power generation from Jordan Lake downstream.
Recreation
The St. Clarke River has become a hub of recreation. Urban and suburban parks line its shores in the St. Clarke area, and Jordan Lake is both a mecca for watersports activities, and home to Jordan State Park.
Crossings
County | Town | Carrying |
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St. Clarke | St. Clarke | ![]() |
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Monroe City/Riverbend city line | ||
St. Clarke/Stone line | Milton | ![]() |
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Stone/Chambers Line | Verona/Grafton Line | ![]() |
Grant | Woodbury | ![]() |
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Levant | Lebannon | ![]() |
Levant/Wesley Line | ![]() | |
Laurel | Acceline/Laurel Line | ![]() |
Floyd/Laurel Line | ![]() | |
Noble/Ralls Line | Nobile | ![]() |
Coulson | Finland | ![]() |
Philmont | ![]() | |
Oakdale | ![]() | |
Coulson/Wallis Line | ![]() | |
Jordan/Yates Line | Devers | ![]() |
Leight | McCarble | |
San Marcos | ![]() | |
New London | ![]() |