Russian River (California)

Russian River
Slavyanka River
Rio San Ygnacio, Rio San Ignacio[1]
The estuary of the Russian River, north of Bodega Bay
Native nameAshokawna, Bidapte (Southern Pomo)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSonoma County, Mendocino County
CitiesUkiah, Healdsburg
Physical characteristics
SourceLaughlin Range
 • location5 mi (8 km) east of Willits, California
 • coordinates39°23′0″N 123°14′18″W / 39.38333°N 123.23833°W / 39.38333; -123.23833[2]
 • elevation1,960 ft (600 m)[3]
MouthPacific Ocean
 • location
Jenner, California
 • coordinates
38°27′2″N 123°7′46″W / 38.45056°N 123.12944°W / 38.45056; -123.12944[2]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Length115 mi (185 km)[4]
Basin size1,485 sq mi (3,850 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationGuerneville[5]
 • average2,261 cu ft/s (64.0 m3/s)[5]
 • minimum0.75 cu ft/s (0.021 m3/s)
 • maximum102,000 cu ft/s (2,900 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftMark West Creek, Maacama Creek, Green Valley Creek, Big Sulphur Creek
 • rightDry Creek, Austin Creek, Fife Creek

The Russian River (Southern Pomo: Ashokawna, Spanish: Río Ruso) is a southward-flowing river that drains 1,485 sq mi (3,850 km2)[4] of Sonoma and Mendocino counties in Northern California. With an annual average discharge of approximately 1,600,000 acre feet (2.0 km3),[6] it is the second-largest river (after the Sacramento River) flowing through the nine-county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, with a mainstem 115 mi (185 km) long.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gudde was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Russian River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Google Earth elevation for source coordinates
  4. ^ a b c "Water Supply". Sonoma County Water Agency. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "USGS Gage #11467000 on the Russian River near Guerneville, CA" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  6. ^ Langridge, Ruth; Christian-Smith, Juliet; Lohse, Kathleen A. (2006). "Access and Resilience: Analyzing the Construction of Social Resilience to the Threat of Water Scarcity" (PDF). Ecology and Society. 11 (2): 18. doi:10.5751/ES-01825-110218.