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2 Map of Mississippi River Basin. ... Mouth location Source coordinates Source location Apple River: Left 89 Savanna: Shullsburg: Arkansas River ...
The source of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca The first bridge (and only log bridge) over the Mississippi, about 25 feet south of its source at Lake Itasca De facto head of navigation, St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota Confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers, viewed from Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin
Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States.As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 12,860.Situated at roughly 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles (92 km) by car from Sacramento and 88 miles (142 km) west of Reno.
It is part of the upper region of the Bear River watershed. Bear River drains into the Feather River, which joins the Sacramento River, which finally debouches into San Francisco Bay. [4] The larger part of the Banner Mountain area in the southern part of its tract is drained by Wolf Creek. From Grass Valley, it runs south without larger ...
The Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting waterways. The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States. [3] In the United States, the Mississippi drains about 41% of the country's rivers. [4]
The CDP is named after the valley in which it lies, a 5-mile-wide (8 km) basin between the Sonoma Range to the east and the East Range to the west. Nevada State Route 294 (Grass Valley Road) runs from Grass Valley into Winnemucca. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Grass Valley CDP has an area of 34.5 square miles (89.4 km 2), all land. [2]
The north of Grass Valley is traversed by Nevada State Route 294; for 5 miles (8.0 km) into the valley it is paved.It becomes the unimproved road, Grass Valley Road, and goes through the valley center-east near the mountain foothills; 25 miles (40 km) [7] further it reaches Goldbanks (site) at the south terminus of Grass Valley, the northwest region of the Tobin Range.
After the Gold Rush: society in Grass Valley and Nevada City, California, 1849–1870. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. Marsh, Martin Keith (2001). The Yellowjackets: A History of Nevada City High School Football (1901–1951). Grass Valley, CA: Cottage Hill. ISBN 978-0-9658240-2-6. Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. (1932).