Difference between revisions of "The Lower Salinas Watershed"

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(New page: The Lower Salinas Watershed drains into the Salinas River Lagoon and includes Blanco Drain, Toro Creek, Quail Creek, Chualar Creek and other tributaries of the Salinas River. == The Lago...)
 
 
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The Lower Salinas Watershed drains into the Salinas River Lagoon and includes Blanco Drain, Toro Creek, Quail Creek, Chualar Creek and other tributaries of the Salinas River.
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#Redirect [[Lower Salinas River Watershed]]
 
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== The Lagoon ==
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The Salinas River Lagoon is managed for flood control, as the lagoon is surrounded by agricultural lands and a small colony of houses in the dunes<ref name="CSUMB">[http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/reports/CCoWS_LagoonBreaching2002-2003_030630.pdf Hydrology and Water Quality of the Carmel and Salinas Lagoons Monterey Bay, California 2002/2003]</ref>.
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The breached sandbar at the mouth of the lagoon discharges inflow from the Salinas Lagoon directly into Monterey Bay.
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 12 April 2011