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By average discharge, the Smith is the largest river system in California that flows freely along its entire course. [8] The highly variable annual flow is approximately 3,746 cu ft/s (106.1 m 3 /s), with an average monthly high of 8,432 cu ft/s (238.8 m 3 /s) in January, and an average low of 336 cu ft/s (9.5 m 3 /s) in September.
The beach at Tourmaline Surfing Park in Pacific Beach, San Diego, California. This list of California beaches is a list of beaches that are situated along the coastline of the State of California, US.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Canyons and gorges of California" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total ...
From 1854, the wagon route of the Stockton - Los Angeles Road followed its course as did the Butterfield Overland Mail in California from 1858 to 1861. This Tejon Pass Route and the Tehachapi or Midway Route (first followed by the Southern Pacific Railroad), remained the major north–south wagon and later automobile routes to the San Joaquin ...
Approximate boundaries of the Big Sur region. Big Sur is not an incorporated town but a region without formal boundaries in California's Central Coast region. [17] The region is often confused with the small community of buildings and services 26 miles (42 km) south of Carmel in the Big Sur River valley, sometimes referred to by locals as Big Sur Village, but officially known as Big Sur. [17 ...
Sunset over Avila Beach, May 2010 Diablo Canyon Power Plant near Port San Luis Brochure for San Luis Hot Springs (now Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort), [3] circa 1915. Avila Beach (Spanish: Ávila) is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, [4] located on San Luis Obispo Bay [5] about 160 miles (257 km) northwest of Los Angeles, and about 200 miles ...
The San Gabriel River (right of the I-605 here) changes from dirt to concrete channel in Downey, near the Rio San Gabriel Park (right center) The San Gabriel River basin drains a total of 689 square miles (1,780 km 2) [3] and is located between the watersheds of the Los Angeles River to the west, the Santa Ana River to the east, and the Mojave Desert to the north.
Grand Canyon, Arizona, at the confluence of the Colorado River and Little Colorado River.. A canyon (from Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon), [1] gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. [2]