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The Salinas River is the largest river system in the California Central Coast | The Salinas River is the largest river system in the California Central Coast | ||
<ref name = "Upper Salinas Report"> | <ref name = "Upper Salinas Report"> | ||
| − | Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation District. 2002. Watershed Fisheries Report and Early Actions. A Study of the Upper Salinas River and Tributaries. </ref> and is the largest of the three rivers that flow into the Monterey | + | Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation District. 2002. Watershed Fisheries Report and Early Actions. A Study of the Upper Salinas River and Tributaries. </ref> and is the largest of the three rivers that flow into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary <ref name = "Anderson"> |
Anderson BS, Hunt JW, Phillips BM, Nicely PA, de Vlaming V, Connor V, Richard N, Tjeerdema RS. 2003. Integrated assesment of the impacts of agricultural drainwater in the Salinas River (California, USA). Environmental Pollution 124:523-532.</ref>. The Salinas River watershed covers an area of approximately 11000 km 2 and extends for about 240 km <ref name = "Farnsworth"> | Anderson BS, Hunt JW, Phillips BM, Nicely PA, de Vlaming V, Connor V, Richard N, Tjeerdema RS. 2003. Integrated assesment of the impacts of agricultural drainwater in the Salinas River (California, USA). Environmental Pollution 124:523-532.</ref>. The Salinas River watershed covers an area of approximately 11000 km 2 and extends for about 240 km <ref name = "Farnsworth"> | ||
Farnsworth KL, Milliman JD. 2003. Effects of climatic and anthropogenic change on small montainous rivers: the Salinas River example. Global and Planetary Change 39: 53-64.</ref> 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 <ref name = "Farnsworth"> | Farnsworth KL, Milliman JD. 2003. Effects of climatic and anthropogenic change on small montainous rivers: the Salinas River example. Global and Planetary Change 39: 53-64.</ref> 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 <ref name = "Farnsworth"> | ||
Revision as of 19:39, 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.
References
- ↑ Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation District. 2002. Watershed Fisheries Report and Early Actions. A Study of the Upper Salinas River and Tributaries.
- ↑ Anderson BS, Hunt JW, Phillips BM, Nicely PA, de Vlaming V, Connor V, Richard N, Tjeerdema RS. 2003. Integrated assesment of the impacts of agricultural drainwater in the Salinas River (California, USA). Environmental Pollution 124:523-532.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Farnsworth KL, Milliman JD. 2003. Effects of climatic and anthropogenic change on small montainous rivers: the Salinas River example. Global and Planetary Change 39: 53-64.
