| Arroyo Viejo Old Creek[1] | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of Arroyo Viejo in California | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Alameda County |
| City | Oakland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 37°45′38″N 122°07′48″W / 37.76056°N 122.13000°W[3] |
| • elevation | 450 ft (140 m)[2] |
| Mouth | San Leandro Bay |
• coordinates | 37°45′17″N 122°12′05″W / 37.75472°N 122.20139°W[2] |
• elevation | 1 ft (0.30 m)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Arroyo Melrose Highlands Branch, 73rd Avenue Branch |
Arroyo Viejo (“Old Creek” in Spanish[1]) is a westward flowing 5.1 miles (8.2 km) creek that begins in the Oakland Hills in Alameda County, California, and joins Lion Creek just before entering San Leandro Bay, a part of eastern San Francisco Bay.[2]
- ^ a b Page Mosier & Dan Mosier (1986). Alameda County Place Names. Fremont, California: Mines Road Books.
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 11, 2017
- ^ "Arroyo Viejo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.