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Template:Geobox Dry Well Creek is a stream in Harney County, Oregon, United States in the Harney Basin of Eastern Oregon.[1] Its mouth is at an elevation of 5,000 feet (1,500 m).[1] It is among streams in the drainage basin of Malheur Lake, a Great Basin water body with no outlet.[2]

Dry Well Creek is an intermittent fish-bearing stream that flows into Emigrant Creek, a tributary of the Silvies River.[3] The creek is part of a watershed restoration project.[3] Resident aquatic species in the project area include Great Basin redband trout, Malheur mottled sculpin, speckled and longnose dace, redside shiners, bridgelip suckers, Columbia spotted frogs, crayfish and western pearlshell mussels.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference gnis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Atlas of Oregon Lakes: Malheur Lake (Harney County)". Portland State University. 1985–2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Final Environmental Assessment for Green Ant Project, Chapter 3, 'Environmental Consequences' " (PDF). United States Forest Service. 2009. p. 60. Retrieved December 8, 2012. {{cite web}}: |chapter= ignored (help)


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