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Deer Creek
Deer Creek (Tulare County, California) is located in California
Deer Creek (Tulare County, California)
Location of the mouth within California
Other name(s) More's Creek
Country United States
State California
Region Tulare County
Physical characteristics
Main source source
on the west slope of the Greenhorn Mountains, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, Tulare County
7,560 ft (2,300 m)
35°54′10″N 118°34′13″W / 35.90278°N 118.57028°W / 35.90278; -118.57028
River mouth mouth
terminates at the Lakeland and Homeland Canals in the San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County
203 ft (62 m)
35°56′05″N 119°28′23″W / 35.93472°N 119.47306°W / 35.93472; -119.47306

Deer Creek, formerly More's Creek, is a creek in Tulare County, California. Its source is in the on the west slope of the Greenhorn Mountains, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. From there Deer Creek runs west to terminate at the Lakeland and Homeland Canals in the San Joaquin Valley just east of the Tulare - Kings County border. Originally it ran into Tulare Lake before it was diverted for agriculture.

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