Sacramento Valley - Wikipedia
The Sacramento Valley (Spanish: Valle de Sacramento) [2][3] is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River. It encompasses all or parts of ten Northern California counties.
Sacramento River - Wikipedia
The Sacramento River and its valley were one of the major Native American population centers of California. The river's abundant flow and the valley's fertile soil and mild climate provided enough resources for hundreds of groups to share the land. Most of the villages were small.
Sacramento Valley Subregion – Sacramento River Watershed …
The Sacramento Valley is a unique landscape that includes state and national wildlife refuges, privately managed wetlands, rivers and streams that provide passage and spawning habitat for the state’s largest run of salmon and steelhead, and habitat for a wide variety of wildlife species.
Feather and Sacramento Rivers Watersheds | US EPA
Apr 19, 2024 · The Sacramento Valley makes up the northern one third of California's Great Central Valley. The Sacramento River is the largest river within the state of California by flow, length, and drainage area. The lower Feather River is the largest natural tributary to the Sacramento River.
Sacramento River - American Rivers
Sep 20, 2024 · The Sacramento River is California’s largest river, beginning its roughly 380-mile journey in the headwaters of the Sierra Nevada before flowing west into the fertile Sacramento Valley and merging with the San Joaquin River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Sacramento Valley Map - California, United States
The Sacramento Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River.
Sacramento River | California, Map, & Facts | Britannica
Sacramento River, river rising in the Klamath Mountains, near Mount Shasta (in Siskiyou county), northern California, U.S. The river flows 382 miles (615 km) south-southwest between the Cascade and Sierra Nevada ranges, through the northern …
Sacramento Valley | USGS California Water Science Center
Overview of the Sacramento Valley, located in California's Central Valley, including geography, climate, land use, and water use.
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta - Wikipedia
The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, or California Delta, is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in Northern California. The delta is formed at the western edge of the Central Valley by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and lies just east of where the rivers enter Suisun Bay , which flows into San Francisco ...
Sacramento River - Water Education Foundation
Sep 15, 2014 · California’s largest river, the Sacramento, provides 31 percent of the state’s surface water runoff. Once called “the Nile of the West,” the Sacramento River drains the inland slopes of the Klamath Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Coast Ranges and the western slopes of the northern Sierra Nevada.