Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-01

of Carquinez-is the connecting channel
between Suisun and San Pablo bays. No
| physical feature separates Sacramento
from San Joaquin valley. The two are, in
fact, one continuous depression, 4l0 miles
| long from northwest to southeast. having
an average width of 40 miles. Sacramento
| valley, from Iron canyon, above Red Bluff,
to Cosumnes river, has total area Of OH
square miles. San Joaquin valley. from
the Tel on mountains to Cosumnes river.
has an area of ii ,49l square miles. The
drainage water of 9,l00 square miles of
surface. most of which is mountainous,
enters Sacramento valley from the north.
There are tributary to this valley, in addi-
tion to this surface, 4 400 square miles of
the eastern slope of the coast range, and
S, ,990 square miles of the western slope of
the Sierra Nevada.
THE TOTAL AREA DRAINED
By Sacramento river, including valley
lands and not including the country tribu.
tary to Goose Lake, whose high waters lind
only an occasional outlet into the upper
Pit river, is 26. 655 square miles. The
drainage area or watershed of San Joa-
quin river is about as follows In the Te.
Jon mountains, SOC square miles in the
Coast range, 3 4SS square miles in the
Sierra Nevada, 1875 square miles
making the total area drained by
the San Joaquin river 81 ,695 square
miles. This includes the entire
watershed OF Kings river and streams
further south, whose waters ordinarily flow
into Kern, Buena Vista and Tulare laker,
and find an outlet into San Joaquin rives
during high stages, such as those of 1862
and 1868. Drainage lines not tributary to
the two central rivers of the State
may be classed as follows: First
NORTHERN COAST STREAMS.
To This group belong all the rivers drain
ing the western slopes of the Coast range.
north of San Francisco Bay. Prominent
in it are: klamsth river, with its i'm.
portant tributary, Trinity river Eel river,
having drainage area of 3,J5S square
miles /; Russian river, with drainage area
OF l. jl5 square miles and large number
OF small streams, among which are Mad
river, Elk river. Eel river, Besl river,
Mattole river, Noyo river, Big river, AL
bion river, Navarro river, Garcia river,
Gualals river, Salmon creek, Estero Ameri-
csno, Estnero San Antonia and Reyes creek.
Second-Streams flowing into San Fran.
cisco, San Pablo and Suisun bays mot
tributary to Sacramento or San joaquin
rivers), This group embraces Novato
creek, Petaluma creek, Sonoma creek,
Napa river and Green valley creeks from
the north; Arroyo de los Nueces, San
Leandro creek, Alameda creek, Coyote
creek, Santa Rosa creek or Guada-
lupe river and San Frsncisquito creek
from the south. Third
SOUTHERN COAST STREAMS.
Prominent in tnis group are Pajaro
river, with a watershed area of LII
square miles Salinas river, draining (. ia
square miles; Santa Maria river, whose
watershed area is l., SOC square miles Santa
Monica river, $50 square miles Santa Clara
river, which drains 1876 square miles; Los
Angeles river, 81 square miles; San Gabriel
river, 5i2 square miles Santa Ana river,
l,56S square miles Temeculs creek, 1913
square miles San Luis Rey river, coo
square miles San Diegito or San Bernar-
dino river, AIS square miles. and San Diego
river, which has watershed of 402 square
miles. Streams of less Importance in this
group are Pilarsitos creek, San Gregorio
creek, Pescadero creek, San Lorenzo creek,
Arroyo La Cruz, San Luis Obispo creek,
Pismo creek, Arroyo Grande, San Buena.
ventura creek. Taiunga creek, Arroyo Seco,
San Diego creek, Jamacho river and Olaz
river. Fourth
THE NORTHERN LAKE SYSTEM, ETC.
This includes the basins of Little Klamath
lake !; Rhett, or Klamath lake ; Goose
lake; ; Upper, Middle and Lower lakes !;
Eagle lake and Honey lake Fifth
Streams of the eastern slope Of the Sierra
Nevada. Like the waters Of the preceding
group these streams are located in interior
basins which have 60 outlet to the ocean.
Truckee and Walker rivers (the former of
which is the outlet of Lake Tahoe flow
into Nevada. Owens river flows into
Owens lake. Mono lake has only small
feeders. Sixth-The interior basins in the
southeastern part of the State. These are
very numerous. They cover large por-
tion of the area of the State, and lie be.
tween innumerable small detached ranges
OF hills or mountains. Next to the great
valley of California, already referred to,
ranks in point of size the valley between
the Coast Range and Sierra Msdre noun
tains, which extends from San Fernando to
San Bernardino. 1t has an area of go
square miles. Separated from this valley
by spur of the Coast range is the Coast
valley, which, as its name indicates, ex-
tends outward to the Pacific ocean. 1t has
an area of 500 square miles. In the two
valleys just described lie nearly all the irri-
gated lands of San Bernardino and Los
Angeles counties.