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The East Walker River rises from snow melt in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California north of Mono Lake and near the northeast boundary of Yosemite National Park.The mainstem begins in the south end of the Bridgeport Valley in Mono County, California, and flows from there north past Bridgeport, where it is impounded to form the Bridgeport Reservoir.
The Walker River is formed in southern Lyon County, 9 miles (14 km) south of Yerington, by the confluence of the East Walker and West Walker rivers. The West Walker River originates at Tower Lake in Mono County, California, 9,623 ft (2,933 m) above sea level in the Stanislaus National Forest.
Eel River watershed map Russian River near Duncan's Mills. Rivers and streams between Humboldt Bay and the Golden Gate that empty into the Pacific Ocean (arranged north to south; tributaries with those entering nearest the sea first): Eel River. Salt River; Van Duzen River. Yager Creek
It lies to the east of the crest of the central Sierra Nevada in California, to the north and east of Yosemite National Park - a long strip stretching nearly to Sonora Pass on the north and Tioga Pass on the south. The headwaters of the East Walker River begin in the Hoover Wilderness. It comprises 48,601 acres (197 km 2
Bridgeport Reservoir is a man-made reservoir at the lower end of Bridgeport Valley in Mono County, California.Its earth-filled dam was constructed in 1923 by the Walker River Irrigation District, [3] along the East Walker River.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... East Branch South Fork Eel River; East Walker River; Eel River (California) El Polín Spring; F. Fall River (Plumas ...
The West Walker River is a tributary of the Walker River, approximately 95 miles (153 km) long, [2] in eastern California and western Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the Sierra Nevada range along the California-Nevada border in the watershed of Walker Lake in the Great Basin. The river derives its name from Joseph R. Walker, a ...
East Walker River The Bridgeport Valley is a large, fertile mountain basin between the eastern Sierra Nevada and the Bodie Hills of the U.S. state of California . The valley is 10 miles (16 km) long and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) wide, and is used primarily for ranching.