Kelsey Creek (Washington)
Kelsey Creek is a creek in Bellevue, Washington on Seattle's Eastside. Originating in the wetlands in the Lake Hills greenbelt between Phantom Lake and Larsen Lake, it flows north and west through the Crossroads neighborhood and then south to Kelsey Creek Park where it turns west and becomes the Mercer Slough just west of Interstate 405. The centerpiece of the largest wetland adjacent to Lake Washington at 367 acres (149 ha), the slough empties into the East Channel of Lake Washington at Interstate 90.
| Kelsey Creek | |
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Kelsey Creek in Bellevue's Crossroads neighborhood | |
Location of the mouth of Kelsey Creek in Washington Kelsey Creek (Washington) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| Region | King County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Hills Greenbelt |
| • location | Bellevue, Washington |
| • coordinates | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lake Washington |
• coordinates | 47°36′01″N 122°09′58″W |
• elevation | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Basin size | 17.0 sq mi (44 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 22.5 cu ft/s (0.64 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 1.9 cu ft/s (0.054 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 832 cu ft/s (23.6 m3/s) |
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