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The Sacramento River watershed is home to about 2.8 million people; more than two-thirds live within the Sacramento metropolitan area. [15] Other important cities are Chico, Redding, Davis and Woodland. The Sacramento River watershed covers all or most of Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Plumas, Yuba, Sutter, Lake and Yolo Counties.
The San Joaquin River throughout most of the Delta and the lower Sacramento River below its connection to the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel are routinely dredged to allow the passage of large cargo ships. The Sacramento River corridor has been maintained to a depth of 7 ft (2.1 m) as early as 1899, and was deepened to 30 ft (9.1 m) in 1955.
Stony Creek is a 73.5-mile (118.3 km)-long [2] tributary of the Sacramento River in Northern California.It drains a watershed of more than 700 square miles (1,800 km 2) on the west side of the Sacramento Valley in Glenn, Colusa, Lake and Tehama Counties.
This is a route-map template for the Sacramento River, a waterway in the United States. For a key to symbols, see {{ waterways legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
Cottonwood Creek is a major stream and tributary of the Sacramento River in Northern California.About 68 miles (109 km) long measured to its uppermost tributaries, the creek drains a large rural area bounded by the crest of the Coast Ranges, traversing the northwestern Sacramento Valley before emptying into the Sacramento River near the town of Cottonwood.
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California officials analyzed options for new water rules in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Water suppliers and environmental groups are sharply divided.
The Capay Diversion Dam, west of Capay, diverts water for distribution throughout Yolo County using a network of canals. At the end of the Capay Valley, near Esparto, Cache Creek runs east into Sacramento Valley, ending in a settling basin east of Woodland, the overflow of which runs into the Sacramento River through a flood control canal.