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The St. John's River was named after Loomis St. John [4] [5] and was a product of the 1862 flood. [6]In 1889, the Tulare Irrigation District was organized, and that body constructed a series of canals which diverted water from the river.
By average discharge, the Smith is the largest river system in California that flows freely along its entire course. [8] The highly variable annual flow is approximately 3,746 cu ft/s (106.1 m 3 /s), with an average monthly high of 8,432 cu ft/s (238.8 m 3 /s) in January, and an average low of 336 cu ft/s (9.5 m 3 /s) in September.
Approximate boundaries of the Big Sur region. Big Sur is not an incorporated town but a region without formal boundaries in California's Central Coast region. [17] The region is often confused with the small community of buildings and services 26 miles (42 km) south of Carmel in the Big Sur River valley, sometimes referred to by locals as Big Sur Village, but officially known as Big Sur. [17 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Canyons and gorges of California" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total ...
The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne is the notable canyon section of the river valley of the Tuolumne River, located within Yosemite National Park, in Tuolumne County and the Sierra Nevada, California. As defined by the United States Geological Survey, the canyon begins at Glen Aulin and ends directly above Hetch Hetchy Valley. [1]
The Cosumnes River is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately 52.5 miles (84.5 km) [2] into the Central Valley, emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
It is possible that Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first European to see the San Lorenzo River when in 1542 he sailed the coast of California and stopped in Monterey Bay. [20] Sebastian Vizcaino's 1602-1604 expedition was to further explore the coast and resulted in several detailed maps of the coast, with potential ports for Spain to develop ...
The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States. Fed primarily by high elevation snowmelt along the Great Western Divide, the Kaweah begins as four forks in Sequoia National Park, where the watershed is noted for its alpine scenery and its dense concentrations of giant sequoias, the largest trees on Earth.