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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.
California region, with its 10 4-digit subregion hydrologic unit boundaries. The California water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey in the United States hydrologic unit system, which is used to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units.
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.
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 Calero Reservoir. The Guadalupe River watershed consists of 170 square miles (400 km 2) of land within northern California's Santa Clara County.The surface runoff from this area drains into the Guadalupe River, its tributary streams, reservoirs or other bodies of water which all eventually gets carried into the San Francisco Bay (indicated below, with surrounding counties in red).
Northern California sees a surge of rain and snow as an atmospheric river arrives. One injured by tree fall in San Francisco as gusts top 60-80 mph in the Bay Area.
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Rivers of the San Francisco Bay Area — including rivers, streams, creeks, arroyos, brooks, glens, deltas, tributaries, and confluences. Note: Most of these articles are categorized by county. The main article for this category is Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area .