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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 North Fork American River also flows into the lake, and the combined rivers form the American River proper, which flows from the dam southwest to a confluence with the Sacramento River. [ 8 ] The South Fork drains an area of 840 sq mi (2,200 km 2 ), [ 4 ] or about a third of the 2,150 sq mi (5,600 km 2 ) American River watershed.
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.
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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 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 Sheriff’s ...
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 ...
Auburn is situated in the Northern California foothills of the Sierra Nevada range, approximately 800 vertical feet (240 m) above the confluence of the North Fork and Middle Fork of the American River. It is located between Sacramento and Reno, Nevada, along Interstate 80. Mountainous wilderness canyons and the western slope of the Sierra ...