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American white pelican profile (Archived 2014-09-20 at the Wayback Machine) at The Nature Conservancy; American white pelican pictures from 'Field Guide' page on Flickr; Stamps (for British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cuba, Turks and Caicos) – with Range Map at bird-stamps.org; American white pelican photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
Historically American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) nested on Eagle Lake. They suffered from hunting by locals who mistakenly thought the pelicans ate the native trout and stopped nesting completely after 1932, when water was exported for agricultural irrigation and lowered the lake level by 10 feet (3 m), changing their nesting ...
Eel River watershed map Russian River near Duncan's Mills. Rivers and streams between Humboldt Bay and the Golden Gate that empty into the Pacific Ocean (arranged north to south; tributaries with those entering nearest the sea first): Eel River. Salt River; Van Duzen River. Yager Creek
Unusually significant tributaries appear in this list, under the river into which they drain. The longest river in the Americas is the Amazon River . The length of the Amazon River is usually said to be "at least" 6,400 km (4,000 mi), [ 1 ] but reported values lie anywhere between 6,275–7,025 km (3,899–4,365 mi). [ 2 ]
The great white pelican is a huge bird—only the Dalmatian pelican is, on average, larger among pelicans. It measures 140 to 180 cm (55 to 71 in) in length [ 6 ] with a 28.9 to 47.1 cm (11.4 to 18.5 in) enormous pink and yellow bill , [ 6 ] and a dull pale-yellow gular pouch.
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For the record: 7:59 a.m. Jan. 10, 2023: An earlier version of this article said the Russian River is in Napa and Mendocino counties.It is in Sonoma and Mendocino counties. Continued heavy rains ...
Tinemaha Reservoir is a reservoir created by a dam on the Owens River in the Owens Valley. It is located in Inyo County, eastern California. It is part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. [2] The 1938 western film Under Western Stars starring Roy Rogers was filmed here. [3]