Santa Clara River

The Santa Clara River is a river, approximately 116 mi (186 km) long, in southern California in the United States. It drains an area of the coastal mountains north of Los Angeles. The Santa Clara is one the largest river systems along the coast of Southern California and only one of two remaining river systems in the region that remain in their natural states and not channelized by concrete. Santa Clara River (California) © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Santa Clara River (California) © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park A river is a large natural waterway. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, also colloquially referred to as SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ... Concrete being poured, raked and vibrated into place in residential construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Its headwaters are near the town of Acton in Los Angeles County, on the north slope of the San Gabriel Mountains. It flows along the north side of the Santa Susana Mountains and empties into the Pacific Ocean between the cities of Ventura and Oxnard, in the area designated by the state as the Santa Clara River Estuary Natural Reserve in the Oxnard Plain. Acton is an unincorporated Census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California near the Antelope Valley. ... Los Angeles County is a county in California and is the most populous county in the United States. ... San Gabriel Mountains The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert. ... Santa Susana Mountains The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. ... Coordinates: Country United States State California County Ventura Mayor Carl Morehouse Area    - City 84. ... Nickname: The City that Cares Location of Oxnard, California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Ventura County Mayor Dr. Thomas E. Holden Area    - City km²  (36. ... The Oxnard Plain The Oxnard Plain is a large coastal plain in southwest Ventura County, California bounded by the Santa Monica Mountains and the Santa Susana Mountains to the east, the Topatopa Mountains to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south and west. ...

The river has a watershed of approximately 1,600 square miles containing 57 archeological sites and 12 historical landmarks. Sespe Creek, one of its tributaries, is the only stream in the Southern California designated as a California Wild and Scenic River. Its tributaries Castaic Creek and Piru Creek are dammed and their lakes are used for storing California State Water Project water. However, they still contribute some flow to the river. A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Sespe Creek is a small stream in Ventura County, California. ... Castaic Creek is a stream in northern Los Angeles County, California. ... Piru Creek is a large stream in northern Los Angeles County and western Ventura County, California. ... The California State Water Project is the is the nations largest state-built water and power development and conveyance system. ...

The surrounding riparian natural area is of interest to conservancy organizations because it is habitat for the threatened species such as the unarmored three-spined stickleback, southern steelhead, southwestern pond turtle, and least Bell's vireo. A riparian zone schematic from the Everglades. ... Binomial name Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 // The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is native to much of northern Europe, northern Asia and North America. ...

References

• Los Angeles County Public Works

See also

• List of California rivers
• St Francis Dam Disaster[1]

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External links

• State of California site on the Santa Clara River Estuary Natural Reserve
• Friends of the Santa Clara River
• Nature Conservancy of California site on the Santa Clara River
• SCOPE Santa Clarita Organization for Planning The Environment
• California State Coastal Conservancy's Santa Clara River Parkway Project