| Carneros Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Mouth_of_Carneros_Creek_July_3,_2017.jpg) Seawater can flow backwards into the mouth of Carneros Creek during high tides. View at the northern tip of Elkhorn Slough, looking northeast from Elkhorn Road towards the northern Gabilan Range near Las Lomas. | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Location of the mouth in California | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Monterey County, California |
| City | Las Lomas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 36°50′12.16″N 121°36′11.7″W / 36.8367111°N 121.603250°W[1] |
| • elevation | 357 ft (109 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Elkhorn Slough |
• coordinates | 36°51′32.60″N 121°44′49.09″W / 36.8590556°N 121.7469694°W[1] |
• elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Basin size | 170 sq mi (440 km2) |
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Carneros Creek is a westward flowing stream and is the primary source of freshwater flowing into Elkhorn Slough.[3] The Carneros Creek official mainstem is 9.8 miles (15.8 km) long.[2][1] Its source is in the northern Gabilan Range along Highway 101/156 and thus Carneros Creek is an important wildlife corridor from that mountain range in northern San Benito County to Elkhorn Slough, the historic mouth of the Salinas River in Monterey County. Carneros Creek empties into Monterey Bay via Elkhorn Slough at Moss Landing, California.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carneros Creek
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 26, 2012
- ^ Ryan Bassett (May 2010). Quantifying spatially-explicit change in sediment storage on an emerging floodplain and wetland on Carneros Creek, CA (PDF) (Thesis). California State University Monterey Bay. p. 27. Retrieved 2012-09-26.