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    Cottonwood Creek is a major stream and tributary of the Sacramento River in Northern California. About 68 miles (109 km) long measured to its uppermost...
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  • Cottonwood Creek (Sacramento River tributary) Cottonwood Creek (San Diego County) Cottonwood Creek (San Luis Creek tributary) Cottonwood Creek (Little Tabo...
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    Tehama County. East of Cottonwood it receives Cottonwood Creek – the largest undammed tributary – from the west, then Battle Creek a short distance downstream...
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    to tributaries) Smith River Rowdy Creek Mill Creek Myrtle Creek South Fork Smith River Craigs Creek Coon Creek Rock Creek Gordon Creek Goose Creek Hurdygurdy...
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  • Thumbnail for Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park
    Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving riparian habitat on the Sacramento River and its tributary Big...
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  • Thumbnail for Stony Creek (Sacramento River tributary)
    Creek is the second largest tributary to the west side of the Sacramento River; only Cottonwood Creek is larger. Stony Creek is an important source of water...
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  • tributary of Bear Creek Dry Creek (Yuba River tributary), a tributary of the Yuba River Dry Creek (Big Piney River tributary) Dry Creek (Cottonwood River...
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    squirrel Otospermophilus beecheyi). The Chupines Creek tributary may have been named for black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) for which the Spanish word...
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    Clarkdale and Cottonwood are the main population centers along the river. The Verde River and the Salt River converge on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa...
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    American River is a 30-mile-long (50 km) river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in...
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    northwestern Arizona in the United States. It begins where Cottonwood Wash and Trout Creek converge in the Hualapai Indian Reservation east of U.S. Route...
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    Havasu Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is a tributary to the Colorado River, which it joins in the Grand Canyon. It primarily runs...
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    19th century. Cow Creek, a Sacramento River tributary that runs south through Palo Cedro, was a conduit for entrance into the Sacramento Valley by Hudson...
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    while the east rim elevation is 6,500 feet (2,000 m). Oak Creek, a tributary of the Verde River, flows along the bottom of the canyon, and is one of the...
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    River and Redwood Creek to the west, the Salmon River and Scott River (tributaries of the Klamath River) to the north, and Clear Creek and Cottonwood...
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    Creek and Calabazas Creek were tributaries to Saratoga Creek, which was in turn a tributary of the Guadalupe River upstream of Alviso. Saratoga Creek...
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    Nevada, after Palisade Glacier at the headwaters of Big Pine Creek a tributary of the Owens River. Both Lyell and Maclure glaciers have shrunk significantly...
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    and again at Dudleyville (Heindl, 1952). Two major tributaries, Babocomari River and Aravaipa Creek, each have extensive bedrock-lined stretches. Historically...
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    Hayfork Creek is a tributary of the South Fork Trinity River in Northern California in the United States. At over 50 miles (80 km) long, it is the river's longest...
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  • Thumbnail for Red Bank Creek
    Red Bank Creek is a major stream in Tehama County, California, and a tributary of the Sacramento River. About 39 miles (63 km) long, it originates in...
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  • counties that are named for rivers and streams. Alamance County, North Carolina: Alamance is named for Great Alamance Creek. Allegany County, New York:...
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    restoration project along Fisher Creek to reestablish stands of California sycamores (Platanus racemosa), Fremont cottonwoods (Populus fremontii) and willows...
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    Significant tributaries include the South Fork Rogue River, Elk Creek, Larson Creek, Bear Creek, the Applegate River, and the Illinois River. Arising at...
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  • Spanish karkin) Castro Creek, a creek in Richmond, California Cimarron River (Arkansas River tributary), a tributary of the Arkansas River with headwaters in...
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  • Thumbnail for Santa Cruz River (Arizona)
    The Santa Cruz River (Spanish: Río Santa Cruz "Holy Cross River") is a left tributary of the Gila River in Southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico...
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    California (section Rivers)
    The two rivers join in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, flowing into the Pacific Ocean through San Francisco Bay. Many major tributaries feed into...
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    has two major tributaries, the West Fork Permanente Creek and Hale Creek. West Fork Permanente Creek and its Wildcat Canyon tributary were formerly known...
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    Feather River, Yuba River, American River, Cottonwood Creek, and Butte Creek. The flood caused the uncompleted Hell Hole Dam on the Rubicon River to fail...
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  • Thumbnail for Beaver in the Sierra Nevada
    canadensis subauratus) was prevalent in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River watersheds, including their tributaries in the Sierra Nevada. Recent evidence indicates...
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    to the north. Steamboat Creek is the main tributary supplying the Truckee River through the Truckee Meadows. Steamboat Creek, flows northward into Steamboat...
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