South Yuba River
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| South Yuba River | |
| South Fork | |
| River | |
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View of South Yuba from N Bloomfield Road Nevada City, CA
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| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| Region | Upper Yuba Watershed |
| Source | Lake Angela dam[1] |
| - location | Tahoe National Forest |
| Mouth | Englebright Lake |
| - location | Yuba River |
| Length | 65 mi (105 km), east-west |
| Basin | 340 sq mi (881 km2) |
| Discharge | for near Jones Bar |
| - average | 454 cu ft/s (13 m3/s) |
| - max | 53,600 cu ft/s (1,518 m3/s) |
| - min | 1 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| Namesakes: South Yuba River State Park South Yuba River Citizens League[2] |
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The South Yuba River is a 65.0-mile-long (104.6 km)[3] left-entering tributary of the Yuba River, flowing in the northern Sierra Nevada within Yuba County, California.
It is repeatedly crossed by Interstate 80 in California.
Recreation
The river is within the Tahoe National Forest. Parks along or near the South Yuba Rive include:
Course
| description | coordinates |
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| source, Lake Angela dam | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] |
| road, I-80 WB | |
| dam, Lake Van Norden | |
| road, I-80 EB | |
| confluence, Lower Castle Creek | |
| road, I-80 WB | |
| road, Hampshire Rocks | |
| road, I-80 EB | |
| confluence, Rattlesnake Creek | |
| road, I-80 WB | |
| dam, Lake Spaulding | |
| confluence, Jordan Creek | |
| confluence, Rucker Creek | |
| confluence, Clear Creek | |
| confluence, Diamond Creek | |
| confluence, Scotchman Creek | |
| road, Washington | |
| confluence, Poorman Creek | |
| confluence, Roscoe Creek | |
| confluence, Humbug Creek | |
| border, Tahoe National Forest | 39.337451,-120.908704 |
| border, Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park | 39.337384,-120.90909 |
| road, N Bloomfield | |
| border, Malakoff Diggins SHP border, South Yuba River SP[4] |
39.330015,-120.985351 |
| confluence, Spring Creek | |
| road, Purdon | 39.327791,-121.046505 |
| confluence, Rock Creek | 39.311988,-121.049595 |
| former diversion, Excelsior Ditch | 39.308136,-121.069937 |
| road, CA 49 (bridge image) | |
| confluence, Rush Creek | |
| confluence, Owl Creek | |
| confluence, French Corral Creek | |
| road, Pleasant Valley | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| border, South Yuba River SP[4] road, Bridgeport Covered Bridge |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| mouth, Englebright Lake |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Yuba River (GNIS 267540) NOTE: The GNIS mouth coordinates plot at the Lake Angela dam
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 10, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
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