Dry Creek is a large stream in Sonoma County, California. It is a tributary of the Russian River. The creek's headwaters are in northern Sonoma County, just below the border with Mendocino County. The creek flows roughly southeast until reaches Lake Sonoma, which is formed by Warm Springs Dam. Several other creeks that used to merge with the creek now flow into the lake. Downstream of the dam, the creek continues flowing roughly southeast until its confluence with the Russian River. Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria A stream, brook, beck, burn or creek, is a body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. ... Sonoma County is on the north Pacific coast of California, in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. ... The Russian River downstream of Duncans Mills The Russian River rises in the coastal mountains of Mendocino County, north of Ukiah, in Northern California. ... Islands off Mendocino A Beach in the City of Elk Mendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area and Sonoma County and west of the Central Valley. ... Lake Sonoma was finished by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1980s. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ...

Warm Springs Dam, a rolled-earth embankment dam completed in 1983, is about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Healdsburg, California. It was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, irrigation, drinking water. The 381,000 acre-foot (470,000,000 m³) lake provides recreation, such as swimming, boating, waterskiing and fishing. Also, a hydroelectric plant at the dam produces electricity from the water released downstream. A minimum amount of flow in the creek must be maintained to allow fish migration. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,722. ... The USACE gold castle insignia, worn by officers of the Corps The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ... Picture of flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. ... Drinking water Mineral Water Drinking water is water that is intended to be ingested by humans. ... An acre foot is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, and river flows. ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... // Boating, the leisurely activity of traveling by boat typically refers to the recreational use of boats whether power boats, sail boats, or yachts (large vessels), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing. ... Recreational skiiers typically use two skis — other techniques abound. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... Many types of fish undertake migrations on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annual, and with distances ranging from a few meters to thousands of kilometers. ...

The Dry Creek Valley is an American Viticultural Area. An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a delimited grape-growing region distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the United States governments Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). ...

See also

• Wine Country
• List of California rivers

Vineyard on Sonoma Mountain with background of the Mayacamas Mountains Wine Country is a region of Northern California in the United States that is known world-wide[1] as a premium wine-growing region since the mid-19th century. ... The following is a partial listing of rivers in the state of California, United States of America. ...

Reference

• United States Army Corps of Engineers