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The river has changed its course several times in recorded history. Prior to 1821, the San Diego River usually entered San Diego Bay.In the fall of 1821, however, a flood changed the river channel in one night, and the greater volume of the flow was diverted into what was then known as False Bay (now referred to as Mission Bay), leaving only a small stream still flowing into the harbor (J. C ...
The Back Bay is the estuary of San Diego Creek above Newport Bay. The San Joaquin Marsh is a long and narrow, approximately 500-acre (2.0 km 2) constructed wetland that occupies the lower 1.4 miles (2.3 km) of the San Diego Creek stream course adjacent to the UC Irvine campus. It consists of about a dozen ponds fed by San Diego Creek, which is ...
San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port in San Diego County, California, near the Mexico–United States border. The bay, which is 12 miles (19 km) long and 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) wide, is the third largest of the three large, protected natural bays on California's 840 miles (1,350 km) of coastline, after San Francisco Bay ...
The Sweetwater is the largest river flowing into San Diego Bay. [6] Most of the drainage, nearly 64 percent, comprises wilderness or designated parks and open space. However, approximately 30% is urban development and part of the San Diego metro area. Native American reservations also occupy part of the land. [6]
The Port of San Diego is a seaport in San Diego, California. It is located on San Diego Bay in southwestern San Diego County, and is a self-supporting district established in 1962 by an act of the California State Legislature. In addition to port activities, the Port District controls San Diego Bay and owns and manages the bay's immediate ...
Chollas Creek, also referred to as Las Chollas Creek, is an urban creek in San Diego County, California, United States, that is 30 miles (48 km) long. The Chollas Creek's four branches begin in the cities of Lemon Grove and La Mesa and empties into San Diego Bay at Barrio Logan. Bifurcating into two main forks, the creek may also be dry during ...
Miramar Reservoir is a reservoir in the Scripps Ranch community of San Diego, California.Owned, operated and maintained by the City of San Diego, the reservoir and its 165-foot tall earthen embankment dam were completed in 1960 as part of the second San Diego Aqueduct project. [1]
1857 map showing Point Loma in relation to San Diego Bay; Ballast Point is the small peninsula at the harbor mouth. Historical information from Coast Guard web site: [1] By Harmon Lougher, Photographer’s Mate First Class. Ballast Point is a tiny peninsula extending from Point Loma into the channel entrance to the harbor of San Diego.