South Yuba River
South Yuba River South Fork | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Upper Yuba Watershed |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Angela[1] |
• location | Tahoe National Forest |
Mouth | Englebright Lake |
• location | Yuba River |
Length | 65 mi (105 km), east-west |
Basin size | 340 sq mi (880 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | near Jones Bar |
• average | 454 cu ft/s (12.9 m3/s) |
• minimum | 1 cu ft/s (0.028 m3/s) |
• maximum | 53,600 cu ft/s (1,520 m3/s) |
Namesakes: South Yuba River State Park South Yuba River Citizens League[2] |
The 65.0-mile-long (104.6 km) Lake Spaulding, then plunges westward into a steep-sided valley. Canyon Creek enters from the right, then Poorman Creek also from the right near the town of Washington. The river continues west into the foothills, crossing under State Route 49. Its mouth is on the east shore of upper Englebright Lake, formed by a dam across the Yuba River.[4]
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe eating advisory for any fish caught in South Yuba River due to elevated levels of mercury and PCBs.[5]
Recreation
The river begins within the Tahoe National Forest. Parks along or near the South Yuba River include:
Course
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Yuba River Note: the GNIS mouth coordinates plot at the Lake Angela dam
- ^ "Motion to Intervene" (pdf). Friends of the River, Sierra Club, & South Yuba River Citizens League. October 17, 2005. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 10, 2011
- ^ USGS Topo Maps for United States (Map). Cartography by United States Geological Survey. ACME Mapper. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Admin, OEHHA (2018-09-13). "South Yuba River". OEHHA. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ a b "South Yuba River SP". California State Parks. Parks.CA.gov. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
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