| Laguna de Santa Rosa | |
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 Looking northeast across the Laguna de Santa Rosa with the Mayacamas Mountains in the background | |
  Location of the mouth of Laguna de Santa Rosa in California | |
| Etymology | Spanish |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Sonoma County |
| Cities | Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Cotati |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | west of Cotati, California |
| • coordinates | 38°19′4″N 122°43′21″W / 38.31778°N 122.72250°W[1] |
| • elevation | 260 ft (79 m) |
| Mouth | Mark West Creek |
• location | east of Forestville, California |
• coordinates | 38°28′12″N 122°50′27″W / 38.47000°N 122.84083°W[1] |
• elevation | 46 ft (14 m)[1] |
| Length | 22 mi (35 km) |
| Basin size | 254 sq mi (660 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Washoe Creek, Blucher Creek |
| • right | Santa Rosa Creek, Hinebaugh Creek, Five Creek |
| Protection status | |
| Official name | Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetland Complex |
| Designated | 16 April 2010 |
| Reference no. | 1930[2] |
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The Laguna de Santa Rosa is a 22-mile-long (35 km) wetland complex that drains a 254-square-mile (660 km2) watershed encompassing most of the Santa Rosa Plain in Sonoma County, California, United States.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe eating advisory for any fish caught in Laguna de Santa Rosa due to elevated levels of mercury and PCBs. In addition, there is a notice of "do not eat" for black bass.[3]
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laguna de Santa Rosa
- ^ "Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetland Complex". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Admin, OEHHA (2018-06-07). "Laguna de Santa Rosa". OEHHA. Retrieved 2018-11-08.