Salado Creek, originally Arroyo Salado Grande (Big Salt Creek) is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, United States. The Creek ends before it reaches the San Joaquin River, north of Patterson in Stanislaus County.[2][3]
| Salado Creek | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | Arroyo Salado Grande (Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Stanislaus County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 37°23′19″N 121°19′23″W / 37.38861°N 121.32306°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,560 ft (780 m) |
| Mouth | mouth |
• location | in Stanislaus County |
• coordinates | 37°29′27″N 121°07′30″W / 37.49083°N 121.12500°W[1] |
• elevation | 82 ft (25 m)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | San Joaquin River |
History
editArroyo de La Puerta was a watering place on El Camino Viejoin the San Joaquin Valley and provided water for Rancho Del Puerto.
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salado Creek
- ^ Map of San Joaquin River basin tributaries www.centralvalleymonitoring.org/map accessed November 1, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 31, 2011
See also
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