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Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge, listed north to south: Mount Eden Creek (229145) North Creek (229624) Alameda Creek (1654946) Dry Creek (222606) Stonybrook Canyon (235553) Arroyo de la Laguna (218389) Vallecitos Creek (236963) Sinbad Creek (233170)
The Central Valley watershed feeding into Suisun Bay via the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta is excluded; see the following section for the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems. For additional detail on Bay Area creeks, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area .
Two major river systems drain and define the two parts of the Central Valley. Their impact on the California Aqueduct is both direct and indirect. The Sacramento River, along with its tributaries the Feather River and American River, flows southwards through the Sacramento Valley for about 447 miles (719 km). [13]
The American River Parkway is a 23-mile (37 km) stretch along the American River and includes about 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of embankment between the Nimbus Fish Hatchery and where the American River and the Sacramento River converge. The Sacramento County Regional Parks owns most of the land that is operated by the American River Parkway.
San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region surrounding the San Francisco Bay estuaries in Northern California. According to the 2010 United States Census, the region has over 7.1 million inhabitants and approximately 6,900 square miles (18,000 km 2) of land. [1]
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, San Francisco Bay, Pacific Ocean: largest river in California, California Gold Rush Pit River: US: California: 207 mi (333 km) Sacramento River: Native American home Feather River: US: California: 73 mi (117 km) Sacramento River: home to the Maidu Native Americans: Saskatchewan: Canada: Manitoba ...
SAN FRANCISCO – The second in a trio of atmospheric river storms blasted Northern California on Tuesday with heavy rain, damaging wind gusts, feet of mountain snow, and even severe thunderstorms ...
The largest rivers are the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, which drain into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and thence to Suisun Bay. Other major rivers of the North Bay are the Napa River, the Petaluma River, the Gualala River, and the Russian River; the former two drain into San Pablo Bay, the latter two into the Pacific Ocean.