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Green Creek
Physical characteristics
Main source Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
703 ft (214 m)
41°13′47″N 83°04′39″W / 41.2297222°N 83.0775°W / 41.2297222; -83.0775 (Green Creek origin)
River mouth Confluence with Sandusky River at Lake Erie
568 ft (173 m)
41°26′36″N 83°00′42″W / 41.4433333°N 83.0116667°W / 41.4433333; -83.0116667 (Green Creek mouth)
Basin features
Progression Green Creek → Sandusky River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → Saint Lawrence River → Gulf of Saint Lawrence
GNIS ID 1066024

Green Creek is a 21.6-mile-long (34.8 km) tributary to the Sandusky River in the northern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It connects Mineral Springs at the village of Green Springs to the Sandusky River.

Green Creek was so named on account of the mineral-stained rocks along its course.

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