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The San Joaquin River (/ ˌ s æ n hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / ⓘ SAN whah-KEEN; Spanish: Río San Joaquín [ˈri.o saŋ xoaˈkin]) is the longest river of Central California.The 366-mile (589 km) long river starts in the high Sierra Nevada and flows through the rich agricultural region of the northern San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean.
By 1910 the city had created proposals to increase the depth of the lower river by dredging; however, the plans were delayed by World War I. In 1925 the city began a $1.3 million bond campaign dedicated to dredging the lower San Joaquin. [2] [3] [4] Stockton partnered with the federal and state governments in 1926 to form a $8.2 million fund to ...
The body of water was created in 1969 by inundating a 2,200-acre (890 ha) tract as part of the California State Water Project. [3]It serves as the intake point of the California Aqueduct for transport to Southern California, and feeds the Delta–Mendota Canal (a part of the Central Valley Project) to recharge San Joaquin Valley river systems.
Map from 1910,showing the Stockton Channel and the San Joaquin River City of Stockton in 1895, Stockton Channel with steam ships and sailboats Stockton, circa 1860. Stockton California 2012 aerial view Postcard from 1909 Weber Ave, Stockton in background Stockton Channel in 1890 with Masonic Temple in background Stockton Channel 1921
The river then flows through a winding valley in the Sierra foothills [22] before entering the San Joaquin Valley at Bakersfield, the largest city on the river. [23] In Bakersfield proper, most of the river's flow is diverted into various canals for agricultural use in the southern San Joaquin Valley, and provide municipal water supplies to the ...
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.
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The Delta–Mendota Canal ends at Mendota Pool, on the San Joaquin River near the city of Mendota, 30 mi (48 km) west of Fresno. The Delta–Mendota Canal capacity is 4,600 cu ft/s (130 m 3 /s) and gradually decreases to 3,211 cu ft/s (90.9 m 3 /s) at its terminus.