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Map showing major dams, diversions and power plants in the Stanislaus River basin. The Stanislaus River is one of the most heavily dammed and diverted rivers in California, relative to its size. There are a total of 28 major dams on the Stanislaus River and its tributaries with a combined storage capacity of more than 2.8 million acre feet (3.5 ...
The South Fork Stanislaus River is a major tributary of the Stanislaus River in Tuolumne County, California. The river flows for 48.5 miles (78.1 km) [2] through rugged alpine and foothill areas of the Sierra Nevada. The river begins in Hay Meadow in the Emigrant Wilderness of the Stanislaus National Forest.
The river begins at the confluence of Kennedy Creek and Summit Creek in the Emigrant Wilderness.It flows initially northwest, receiving the Clark Fork from the right then turning southwest, through a deep canyon to its confluence with the North Fork Stanislaus River, forming the Stanislaus River.
The river begins at the confluence of Silver Creek and Duck Creek near the western edge of the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada. From there it flows southwest through a canyon to its confluence with the Middle Fork Stanislaus River near Forest Meadows , which forms the Stanislaus River.
New Melones Dam and its reservoir comprise the independent New Melones Unit of the Central Valley Project. The dam's primary purpose is to control the runoff from 904 square miles (2,340 km 2), [2] or about 92 percent, of the watershed of the Stanislaus River, a major tributary of the San Joaquin River. [9]
The Oakdale Irrigation District will have full supplies from the Stanislaus River for its 82,000 or so acres. It and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District have first call on water stored in ...
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