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The Merced River (/ m ɜːr ˈ s ɛ d /), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a 145-mile (233 km)-long [1] tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley.
Nevada Fall [3] is a 594-foot (181 m) high waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. It is located below the granite dome, Liberty Cap, at the west end of Little Yosemite Valley. The waterfall is widely recognized by its "bent" shape, in which the water free-falls for roughly the first third of its length to a steep ...
The South Fork Merced River is the largest tributary of the Merced River.Most of the river flows within Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California. [1] The river is 43 miles (69 km) long, and its drainage basin covers about 240 square miles (620 km 2), of which 109 square miles (280 km 2) are in the national park.
A fan of creeks and forks of the Merced River take drainage from the Sierra crest and combine at Merced Lake. The Merced then flows down to the end of its canyon (Little Yosemite Valley), where it begins what is often called the Giant Staircase. The first drop is Nevada Fall, which drops 594 feet (181 m), bouncing off the granite slope below it.
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Little Yosemite Valley is a smaller glacial valley upstream in the Merced River drainage from the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.The Merced River meanders through the 3.5 mi (5.6 km) [1] long flat valley, draining out over Nevada Fall and Vernal Fall before emptying into the main Yosemite Valley.
Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the U.S. government on Thursday announced water cuts that preserve the status quo. The ...
Merced’s Bear Creek, which sent residents scrambling to find sandbags and to evacuate their homes, rose with surprising speed as Monday’s “atmospheric river” storm drenched Merced County ...