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Marsh Creek. Mokelumne River (jump to tributaries) Old River (side channel of San Joaquin River) Middle River (side channel of San Joaquin River) Bear Creek. Calaveras River (jump to tributaries) Mormon Slough (distributary of Calaveras River) French Camp Slough. Littlejohns Creek.
Geography of California. Coordinates: 37°9′58″N 119°26′58″W. Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces. California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
The Sacramento River (Spanish: Río Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. [ 9 ] Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for 400 miles (640 km) before reaching the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay.
The San Joaquin River (/ ˌ s æ n hw ɑː ˈ k iː n /; Spanish: Río San Joaquín) is the longest river of Central California.The 366-mile (589 km) long river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through the rich agricultural region of the northern San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean.
November 3, 1987. The Kings River (Spanish: Río de los Santos Reyes), is a 132.9-mile (213.9 km) [2] river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California in the United States. Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around Kings Canyon National Park and form the eponymous Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river ...
The San Gabriel River is a mostly- urban waterway flowing 58 miles (93 km) [2] southward through Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, in the United States. It is the central of three major rivers draining the Greater Los Angeles Area, the others being the Los Angeles River and Santa Ana River. The river's watershed stretches from the ...
Klamath River. The Klamath River (Karuk: Ishkêesh, [8] Klamath: Koke, [9] Yurok: Hehlkeek 'We-Roy[10]) flows 257 miles (414 km) [5] through Oregon and northern California in the United States, emptying into the Pacific Ocean. By average discharge, the Klamath is the second largest river in California after the Sacramento River.
1838 map from Britannica 7th edition, when the river was called Buenaventura River. View of the American River from below the Guy West Bridge on the Sacramento State campus The American River is a 30-mile-long (50 km) river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown ...