| Santa Margarita River Temecula River | |
|---|---|
 Mouth of the Santa Margarita River | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of Temecula Creek and Murrieta Creek |
| • location | Temecula, Riverside County |
| • coordinates | 33°28′27″N 117°08′26″W / 33.47417°N 117.14056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 950 ft (290 m) |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, San Diego County |
• coordinates | 33°13′55″N 117°24′58″W / 33.23194°N 117.41611°W[1] |
• elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] |
| Length | 31 mi (50 km) |
| Basin size | 723 sq mi (1,870 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ysidora |
| • average | 34.2 cu ft/s (0.97 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 44,000 cu ft/s (1,200 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Temecula Creek, Rainbow Creek, Pueblitos Canyon |
| • right | Murrieta Creek, Sandia Creek, De Luz Creek, Wood Canyon, Newton Canyon |
The Santa Margarita River which with the addition of what is now Temecula Creek, was formerly known as the Temecula River, is a short intermittent river on the Pacific coast of Southern California in the United States, approximately 30.9 miles (49.7 km)[2] long. One of the last free-flowing rivers in southern California, it drains an arid region at the southern end of the Santa Ana Mountains, in the Peninsular Ranges between Los Angeles and San Diego.
- ^ a b c "Santa Margarita River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 16, 2011