Lee Vining Creek | |
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Lee Vining Creek near Mono Lake | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Conness Lakes |
• location | Sierra Nevada |
• coordinates | 37°58′36″N 119°18′23″W / 37.97667°N 119.30639°W |
• elevation | 10,617 ft (3,236 m) |
Mouth | Mono Lake |
• location | 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Lee Vining |
• coordinates | 37°58′40″N 119°06′07″W / 37.97778°N 119.10194°W |
• elevation | 6,378 ft (1,944 m) |
Length | 16 mi (26 km), west-east |
Basin size | 36 sq mi (93 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Lee Vining, CA[1] |
• average | 65.4 cu ft/s (1.85 m3/s)[2] |
• minimum | 8.67 cu ft/s (0.246 m3/s) |
• maximum | 590 cu ft/s (17 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Warren Fork |
• right | Mine Creek |
Lee Vining Creek is a 16.2-mile-long (26.1 km)[3] stream in Mono County, California, flowing into the endorheic basin of Mono Lake. It is the second largest stream flowing into the lake, after Rush Creek.