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The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, or California Delta, is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in Northern California. The Delta is formed at the western edge of the Central Valley by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and lies just east of where the rivers enter Suisun Bay , which flows into San Francisco ...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is California’s most crucial water and ecological resource. It is the largest freshwater tidal estuary of its kind on the west coast of the Americas, providing important habitat for birds on the Pacific Flyway and for fish that live in or pass through the Delta.
The primary objective of this study is to expand our current understanding of how to manage rice production in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in a manner that minimizes loads of water quality contaminants to Delta waters.
Your California trip is not complete without a visit to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area with its fishing, boating, dining, camping, wine tasting, and sightseeing. There isn’t a place filled with more character, culture, and charm!
The picturesque Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is the hub of California’s water supply, supplying fresh water to two-thirds of the state’s population and millions of acres of farmland. Saltwater from the San Francisco Bay mixes with fresh water from the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and other rivers to create the largest estuary on the West Coast.
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has drawn humans for millennia. Its allure is not gold, towering mountains, or deep blue sea, but what has always mattered most: water, rich soil, and the resources they yield.
The Delta NHA boundary extends from Sacramento to Stockton to Vallejo with the junction of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers at its heart. The history of California’s Delta and Carquinez Strait is a rich tapestry of indigenous peoples and immigrants from around the world, natural beauty and wildlife and engineering marvels, bustling ...
The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is one of the largest estuaries in the United States. It provides water to more than 25 million California residents, farmlands, and key fish and wildlife habitats.
In 2019, Congress designated the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area as California’s first National Heritage Area. The designation is granted to places where natural, cultural, historic, and recreational resources combine to form a distinctive landscape and tell a nationally important story about the country and its experience.
Not far southwest of the state capitol, California's two largest rivers, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin, meet to form the Delta, the largest estuary on the west coast of North and South America.