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The Trinity River (Yurok: Hoopa or Hupa; Hupa: hun') is a major river in northwestern California in the United States and is the principal tributary of the Klamath River.The Trinity flows for 165 miles (266 km) through the Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges, with a watershed area of nearly 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2) in Trinity and Humboldt Counties.
English: This is a locator map showing Trinity County in California. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
Trinity County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California.Trinity County is rugged, mountainous, heavily forested, and lies along the Trinity River (for which it is named) within the Salmon, Klamath Mountains, as well as a portion of the Scott, Trinity, and North Yolla Bolly Mountains.
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 Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area (WST-NRA) has a total of 246,087 acres (99,588 ha) of land, which is divided into the Shasta, Trinity, and Whiskeytown Units. The Shasta–Trinity National Forest surrounds the Shasta and Trinity units, so they are managed by the United States Forest Service . [ 2 ]
The Trinity National Forest is located in subranges of the Northern Inner California Coast Ranges and of the southeastern Klamath Mountains System, primarily in Trinity County, but also extending into parts of Tehama, Shasta, and Humboldt Counties. It has an area of 1,043,677 acres (422,361 ha).
The Trinity Alps section of the Klamath Mountains Ecoregion is botanically outstanding by having the second greatest number of conifer species of any place in the world. [citation needed] Russian Peak, in the Russian Wilderness just north of the Trinity Alps, has the greatest number of conifer species in North America. [6]
The South Fork Trinity River is the main tributary of the Trinity River, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. [1] It is part of the Klamath River drainage basin . It flows generally northwest from its source in the Klamath Mountains , 92 miles (148 km) through Humboldt and Trinity Counties, to join the Trinity near Salyer .