Belmont Slough

Belmont Slough
Satellite view of Foster City / Brewer Island, which is separated from the mainland by Seal Slough (to the west) and Belmont Slough (to the east/south). The Redwood Shores peninsula is just visible in the southeast corner, with Steinberger Slough separating it from Bair Island.
Belmont Slough is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Belmont Slough
Belmont Slough is located in California
Belmont Slough
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates37°33′15″N 122°14′40″W / 37.5541020°N 122.2444110°W / 37.5541020; -122.2444110[1]

Belmont Slough is a slough on the western shore of San Francisco Bay[2] separating Redwood Shores and Foster City.[3] It provides estuarine and marine deepwater habitats in its subtidal waters, which are characterized as brackish and saltwater.

  1. ^ "Belmont Slough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 19 January 1981. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ Gilbert, Grove Karl (1917). Hydraulic Mining Debris in the Sierra Nevada. Washington, D.C.: United States Geological Survey. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 14 July 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Foster City Historical Society (2005). Foster City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0738529080. Retrieved 14 July 2014.