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The American River 50 Mile Endurance Run, or AR50, is the second largest [1] 50-mile (80.47 kilometer) ultramarathon beginning in Sacramento, California and ending in Auburn, California. The event is held annually in April.
View of the American River from below the Guy West Bridge on the Sacramento State campus. The American River is a 30-mile-long (50 km) river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento. Via the Sacramento River, it is part of the San Francisco Bay watershed.
The body of a swimmer pulled Sunday from the confluence of the American River near Auburn after emergency personnel responded for reports of a drowning has been identified.
The Middle Fork American River watershed encompasses 616 square miles (1,600 km 2), which represents about 33 percent of the total American River drainage basin above Folsom Lake. [2] The Rubicon River is the largest tributary watershed, at 315.4 sq mi (817 km 2 ), which is nearly three times the size of the Middle Fork's own drainage area ...
The water flowing down the American River is released from Folsom Lake through the Folsom Dam. Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the dam, said the issue is low oxygen ...
Lake Clementine (also known as North Fork Lake) is a reservoir on the North Fork American River Canyon above the picturesque, California Gold Rush-era town of Auburn (elevation 1,200 feet (370 m)) in Northern California.
Auburn State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, along 40 miles (64 km) of the North and Middle Forks of the American River. The state recreation area (SRA) is situated on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties in the heart of historic Gold Country. The largest city with close proximity is the city of Auburn. Once teeming ...
The California Highway Patrol was investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash Thursday morning when a big rig hauling about 2,000 pounds of gravel struck a hillside along Highway 49 in Placer County.