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| Salmon River (California) | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Salmon-River-California-Above-Wooley-Creek-by-Scott-Harding.jpg) Salmon River, California above the Wooley Creek confluence. | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Salmon_River_watershed.jpg) Salmon River watershed (Interactive map) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of North and South Forks |
| • location | Forks of Salmon |
| • coordinates | 41°15′24″N 123°19′24″W / 41.25667°N 123.32333°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,180 ft (360 m) |
| Mouth | Klamath River |
• location | Somes Bar |
• coordinates | 41°22′39″N 123°29′36″W / 41.37750°N 123.49333°W[1] |
• elevation | 466 ft (142 m)[1] |
| Length | 19.6 mi (31.5 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 751 sq mi (1,950 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Somes Bar, near mouth[3] |
| • average | 1,792 cu ft/s (50.7 m3/s)[4] |
| • minimum | 97.5 cu ft/s (2.76 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 133,000 cu ft/s (3,800 m3/s) |
| Designated | January 19, 1981 |
The Salmon River is a 19.6-mile-long (31.5 km)[2] tributary to the Klamath River in western Siskiyou County, California.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salmon River
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
- ^ USGS Gage #11522500 Salmon River at Somes Bar, CA: Water-Data Report 2013. National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 2013. Accessed 2017-09-30.
- ^ USGS Gage #11522500 Salmon River at Somes Bar, CA: Water-Data Report 2013. National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 2013. Accessed 2017-09-30.