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In the upper Owens Valley lie traces of some of California's first irrigation systems, created by Paiute groups to water small patches of crops. It is believed that native people in the upper portion of the valley once built dams across the Owens River (and possibly one of its major tributaries, Bishop Creek) to divert water into local canals.
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 ...
Rock climbing in the Owens River Gorge. The Owens River Gorge is a steep 10 mi (16 km) canyon on the upper Owens River in eastern California in the United StatesThe canyon is located at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Mono County, along the stretch of the river where it exits the Long Valley near its source and enters the north end of Owens Valley.
Crowley Lake is a reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County, California, in the United States.Crowley Lake is 15 mi (24 km) south of Mammoth Lakes.. The lake was created in 1941 by the building of the Long Valley Dam by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP), as storage for the Los Angeles Aqueduct and for flood control.
The Upper Owens River area is a popular location for fly fishing and hosts a large population of brown trout and rainbow trout. [6] The Owens River Headwaters Wilderness is also a popular destination for nudists, who use the location for volleyball and cookouts. [citation needed]
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]
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]
Owens River – 183 miles (295 km) Salinas River – 170 miles (270 km) Trinity River – 165 miles (266 km) The Sacramento River is the longest river that is entirely within California. See also List of rivers of California.