Navarro River

Navarro River
The Navarro River near its mouth.
Navarro River watershed (Interactive map)
Native name	Spanish: Río Navarro[disputed – discuss]
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Mendocino County
Physical characteristics
Source	Rancheria Creek, Mendocino County
• location	Crystal Peak
• coordinates	38°50′25″N 123°11′36″W / 38.84028°N 123.19333°W / 38.84028; -123.19333[1]
2nd source	Anderson Creek
• location	Sanel Mountain
• coordinates	38°56′45″N 123°16′10″W / 38.94583°N 123.26944°W / 38.94583; -123.26944[2]
3rd source	confluence
• location	1 mi (2 km) south of Philo, California
• coordinates	39°3′12″N 123°26′25″W / 39.05333°N 123.44028°W / 39.05333; -123.44028[3]
Mouth	Pacific Ocean
• location	8 mi (13 km) south of Mendocino, California
• coordinates	39°11′32″N 123°45′40″W / 39.19222°N 123.76111°W / 39.19222; -123.76111[3]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Basin size	315 sq mi (820 km2)
Discharge
• location	Navarro, California
• average	500 cu ft/s (14 m3/s)
• minimum	0.23 cu ft/s (0.0065 m3/s)
• maximum	64,500 cu ft/s (1,830 m3/s)

The Navarro River is a 28.3-mile-long (45.5 km)^[4] river in Mendocino County, California, United States. It flows northwest through the Coastal Range to the Pacific Ocean. The main stem of the Navarro River begins less than 1 mile (2 km) south of the town of Philo at the confluence of Rancheria Creek and Anderson Creek. The mouth of the Navarro is 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Mendocino. State Route 128 starts from the intersection of State Route 1 at the mouth of the Navarro River, and follows the river valley upstream to Philo. The river is close to the highway through the lower canyon but is some distance south of the highway as the Anderson Valley widens upstream of Wendling.^[5]