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Revision as of 19:38, 5 April 2011
The Salinas River is the largest river system in the California Central Coast [1] and is the largest of the three rivers that flow into the Monterey bay national marine sanctuary [2]. The Salinas River watershed covers an area of approximately 11000 km 2 and extends for about 240 km [3] from San Luis Obispo County to Montery County. The Salinas River flows north-west, mostly within a through defined by the Sierra de Salinas in the southwest and the Gabilan Range in the northeast [3] ).
The main tributaries of the Salinas River are the Nacimiento, San Antonio, Arroyo Seco, San Lorenzo, and Estrella Rivers.
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