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| − | The Carneros Creek Watershed is located in the Central Coast of California, in Monterey County. The Carneros Watershed is part of the larger Elkhorn Slough Watershed, and Carneros Creek is the main fresh water tributary to Elkhorn Slough.
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| − | == Location / Size ==
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| − | == Climate ==
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| − | == Land cover / land use ==
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| − | Prior to Spanish and American settlement, the Carneros watershed was dominated by floodplains and marches. The Carneros Creek was then a steady moving stream that perhaps disappeared into the numerous Carneros wetlands. Activities of settlement resulted in the loss of these wetlands (Largay 2007).
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| − | The Carneros watershed covers approximately 70-km2 with mixed land use including, rural residential, grazed grasslands, cultivated areas, maritime chaparral, oak woodlands and riparian areas. Agricultural landuse occupies approximately 6-km2 and is dominated by strawberries. Other corps include, raspberries, flowers, vegetables and mushrooms (Holloway 2010).
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| − | == Surface water hydrology ==
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| − | == Groundwater hydrology ==
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| − | == Environmental issues & regulations ==
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| − | * 303d-listed waterbodies?
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| − | * ESA listed species?
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| − | * Ag Waiver relevance
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| − | == Available hydrological data ==
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| − | * Precip gages
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| − | * Streamflow gaging sites
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | * [[EcoViz:SEP Focus Sites]]
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| − | == References ==
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