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The Santa Clara River (Spanish: Río Santa Clara) is an 83 mi (134 km) long [5] river in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in Southern California.It drains parts of four ranges in the Transverse Ranges System north and northwest of Los Angeles, then flows west onto the Oxnard Plain and into the Santa Barbara Channel of the Pacific Ocean.
McGrath State Beach is a protected beach park located on the south bank of the mouth of Santa Clara River in the city of Oxnard, California. [2] McGrath State Beach is one of the best bird-watching areas in California, with the lush riverbanks of the Santa Clara River and sand dunes along the shore. [3]
Antelope Valley Conservancy is a public-benefit corporation that preserves natural habitats and watershed resources. It was founded 2005, granted 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(vi) tax status in 2006, absorbed the Antelope Valley Trails Recreation and Environmental Council (AVTREC) in 2007, and earned authorization from the California Department of Fish and Game to hold mitigation lands in 2008.
The Santa Clara River Valley is a rural, mainly agricultural valley in Ventura County, California that has been given the moniker Heritage Valley by the namesake tourism bureau. [1] The valley includes the communities of Santa Paula , Fillmore , Piru and the national historic landmark of Rancho Camulos .
Sespe Creek (Chumash: S'eqp'e', "Kneecap" [4]) is a stream, some 61 miles (98 km) long, [5] in Ventura County, southern California, in the Western United States. [6] The creek starts at Potrero Seco in the eastern Sierra Madre Mountains, and is formed by more than thirty tributary streams of the Sierra Madre and Topatopa Mountains, before it empties into the Santa Clara River in Fillmore.
Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon/valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. It is a part of the Santa Clara River Valley, and extends from the top of Soledad Pass to the open plain of the valley in Santa Clarita. The upstream section of the Santa Clara River runs through it.
The dam failed in 1928, due to a then undetectable geological weakness in the bedrock. The resulting flood, sent a massive wave of water and debris down the canyon and the Santa Clara River Valley and to the sea, killing up to 600 people. [7] Some of these debris can still be found today littering the creek bed.
Bouquet Canyon is one of many canyons branching from the Santa Clarita Valley in Los Angeles County, whose streams feed the Santa Clara River.The canyon's main stream, Bouquet Creek, begins in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, near Leona Valley.