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Encyclopedia > San Diego River

The San Diego River is a river in San Diego County, California. It originates northwest of the town of Julian, then flows to the southwest until it reaches the 112,800 acre-foot El Capitan Reservoir, the largest reservoir in the watershed. Below El Capitan Dam, the river runs west through the cities of Santee and San Diego. The river discharges into the Pacific Ocean near the entrance to Mission Bay, forming an estuary. The river travels 52 miles from its headwaters to the ocean. The river's tributaries include Boulder Creek, Cedar Creek, Chocolate Creek, Conejos Creek, Forester Creek, Los Coches Creek and San Vicente Creek. There are five reservoirs in the watershed, including El Capitan Reservoir. Cuyamaca Reservoir is located on Boulder Creek and San Vicente Reservoir is fed by San Vicente Creek. Lake Jennings and Lake Murray are formed by the damming of canyons. The Murray River in Australia. ... Location Location of San Diego County within California. ... Julian is an unincorporated community located in San Diego County, California. ... 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. ... A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... A watershed is either (1) a region of land where water flows into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean or (2) a topographical boundary between catchment basins. ... Mission Bay Park is a recreational park south of the Pacific Beach community of San Diego, California. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ... The headwaters of a river are small streams that create it. ... Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ...


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SAN DIEGO PROJECT DRAFT 2 (5762 words)
In 1810, San Diego River water held by the dam was flowing in tile lined conduits from the upper end of Mission Gorge to the valley lands in the vicinity of the San Diego Mission six miles away.
Later in the autumn of 1945, the Navy and the city of San Diego agreed to continue construction of the aqueduct by the Navy and lease of the pipeline to the city.
In the mid-1980s, San Diego was filled with talk of building a dam on the north end of the county and of a deal with a private firm to lease nearly 300,000 acre-feet from a reservoir on the Yampa River in Colorado.
Lakeside's River Park Conservancy (1021 words)
The San Diego River Park concept is an ambitious undertaking that will establish a linear River Park along the urban and rural sections of the San Diego River from the Pacific Ocean to the river's headwaters near Julian, California.
Preserving lands along the San Diego River Valley will provide an important link in the coastal greenbelt and habitat preserve for San Diego, linking the cities of San Diego and Santee to the west and their regional open space preserve to the rural open space in the county to the east.
Lakeside's River Park Conservancy was formed on the heels of this rezoning process using the momentum of community beautification and awareness of the area's natural and scenic resources, not to mention the opportunity to revitalize the area.
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