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The Owens River is a river in eastern California in the United States, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long. [4] It drains into and through the Owens Valley , an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains .
Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada, west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains, and is split between the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert. [2]
The Owens River course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin Watershed, [2] reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake. The river drains the Crowley Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1,900 sq mi (4,900 km 2 ) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed ...
Deadman Creek is the mainstream creek that becomes the Owens River where Big Springs enters the Deadman Creek channel, "two miles east of the [CalTrans] US395 Crestview maintenance station", [1] near Deadman Summit. The Sierra Crest demarcates the creek's drainage from the drainage of the Middle Fork San Joaquin River on the west. [2]
In 1924, Owens Valley residents seized the L.A. Aqueduct in a defiant protest. An event focuses on remembering the troubled chapter of L.A. water history.
The Owens Valley aqueduct was designed and built by the city's water department, at the time named The Bureau of Los Angeles Aqueduct, under the supervision of the department's Chief Engineer William Mulholland. [7] The system delivers water from the Owens River in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains to Los Angeles.
From the lake Rock Creek flows northeast to the location known as Tom's Place along U.S. Route 395, less than two miles from the Owens River. The creek, however, turns southeast and flows parallel to the Owens River (and is shown on maps as "Lower Rock Creek"), eventually joining the river near the mouth of the Owens River Gorge.
A map of the “Crawdads” coastal setting, including the marsh, is available at the front of every “Crawdads” book and at the bottom of this page on author Owens’ website: deliaowens.com ...