The Whitewater River is a river in western Riverside County, California, except for a small upstream portion in southwestern San Bernardino County. The river's headwaters are atop San Gorgonio Mountain in the San Bernardino Mountains. It flows southeast through the Colorado Desert, disappearing underground near Palm Springs, except during heavy flows. Much of the water eventually sinks into the porous desert floor, recharging the groundwater of the Coachella Valley. However, some water reaches the Salton Sea, where the river has been channelized to direct its floodwaters. Parts of the river are dry during the summer, but some have water all year. About 20 miles from its source, the river meets its main tributary, the San Gorgonio River. Chino Creek, Tahquitz Creek, Palm Canyon Creek and Deep Creek join the river in the desert. Most of the upper reaches of the river are in Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service. The Murray River in Australia. ... Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ... Official website: http://www. ... San Bernardino Mountains The San Bernardino Mountains are short transverse mountain range northeast of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States. ... The Colorado Desert (yellow) showing Joshua Tree National Park The Colorado Desert is a large arid depression in southeastern California and northeastern Baja California in Mexico. ... Palm Springs is the name of several places in the United States of America: Palm Springs, California Palm Springs, Florida This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of geologic formations. ... Coachella Valley The Coachella Valley is an irrigated agricultural and recreational desert valley in southern California east of Los Angeles. ... The Salton Sea (with local/regional cities) The Salton Sea is an inland saline lake, located in the Colorado Desert in Southern California, north of the Imperial Valley. ... The San Gorgonio River is a river in western Riverside County, California, except for a small upstream portion in southwestern San Bernardino County. ... US BLM logo The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers Americas public lands, totaling approximately 261 million surface acres (1,056,229. ... The USDA Forest Service, a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. ...

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• Bureau of Land Management
• The Trust for Public Land
• City of Coachella