| Corte Madera Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Rowers_on_Corte_Madera_Creek.jpg) Rowers on Corte Madera Creek | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Location of the mouth of Corte Madera Creek in California | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Marin County |
| Cities | Ross, Kentfield, Corte Madera |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | San Anselmo Creek and Ross Creek |
| • location | Ross |
| • coordinates | 37°57′58″N 122°33′26″W / 37.96611°N 122.55722°W |
| • elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Mouth | San Francisco Bay |
• location | Corte Madera, California |
• coordinates | 37°56′30″N 122°30′08″W / 37.94167°N 122.50222°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ross town hall[2] |
| • average | 0.33 cu ft/s (0.0093 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0.00 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 3.50 cu ft/s (0.099 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | San Anselmo Creek |
| • right | Ross Creek, Tamalpais Creek,[3] Larkspur Creek[4] |
Corte Madera Creek is a short stream which flows southeast for 4.5 miles (7.2 km) in Marin County, California.[5] Corte Madera Creek is formed by the confluence of San Anselmo Creek[6] and Ross Creek[7] in Ross and entering a tidal marsh at Kentfield before connecting to San Francisco Bay near Corte Madera.[8]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Corte Madera Creek
- ^ "Corte Madera C a Ross CA". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tamalpais Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Larkspur Creek
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). Durham's Place Names of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Includes Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, Solano & Santa Clara counties. Word Dancer Press, Sanger, California. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-884995-35-4. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Anselmo Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ross Creek
- ^ "Corte Madera Creek Watershed". Friends of Corte Madera Creek. Retrieved 2010-08-30.