| San Jacinto River | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:San_Jacinto_River.jpg) The mouth of the San Jacinto on Lake Elsinore, viewed from California State Route 74 (the Ortega Highway) on the southwest side of the lake | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Santa_Ana_River_map.png) Map of the Santa Ana River watershed with the San Jacinto subbasin highlighted in yellow. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Riverside County |
| Cities | Hemet, San Jacinto, Perris, Lake Elsinore |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | San Jacinto Mountains |
| • location | San Bernardino National Forest, Riverside County |
| • coordinates | 33°43′52″N 116°48′36″W / 33.73111°N 116.81000°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,100 ft (640 m) |
| Mouth | Lake Elsinore |
• location | Lake Elsinore, at the mouth of Railroad Canyon, northwest of the Sedco Hills and west of the Tuscany Hills of the Temescal Mountains, Riverside County |
• coordinates | 33°38′45.06″N 117°18′53.42″W / 33.6458500°N 117.3148389°W |
• elevation | 1,243 ft (379 m) |
| Length | 42 mi (68 km), Northwest then southwest |
| Basin size | 780 sq mi (2,000 km2)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 16.4 cu ft/s (0.46 m3/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 16,000 cu ft/s (450 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Santa Ana River basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | South Fork San Jacinto River |
| • right | North Fork San Jacinto River |
| Type | Wild, Scenic, Recreational |
| Designated | March 30, 2009[4] |
The San Jacinto River is a 42-mile-long (68 km)[5] river in Riverside County, California. The river's headwaters are in Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.[6] The lower portion of the 765-square-mile (1,980 km2) watershed is urban and agricultural land. As a partially endorheic watershed that is contiguous with other Great Basin watersheds, the western side of the San Jacinto Basin is a portion of the Great Basin Divide.
- ^ "San Jacinto River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ "San Jacinto River Watershed: Geographic Setting". Lake Elsinore and Canyon Lake Task Force. Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ "USGS Gage #11070500 on the San Jacinto River near Elsinore, CA" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1916–2009. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ https://www.rivers.gov/rivers/san-jacinto.php [bare URL]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 16, 2011
- ^ McDonnell, Lawrence R. (1970). Rivers of California. San Francisco, California: Pacific Gas and Electric Company. p. 43.