Owens River course
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The Owens River
course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin
Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct
), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake
. The river drains the Crowley Lake
Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1900 sq mi (4,921 km²) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1340 sq mi (3,470.6 km²).
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| Sierra Crest
| headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit)
| 11555 ft (3,522 m)37°43′09"N 119°6′21"W
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| Deadman Creek
| watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit)
| 10794 ft (3,290 m)37°43′12"N 119°5′58"W
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| Sierra Escarpment
| watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada
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| Glass Creek
| confluence
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| lower montane forest
| exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area
| 9000 ft (2,743.2 m)
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| Big Springs
| confluence (river designation)
| 7248 ft (2,209.2 m)37°45′01"N 118°56′20"W
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| Long Valley
| enters valley
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| Basin & Range ecoregion
| enters bitterbrush/sagebrush
-dominated area
| 7000 ft (2,133.6 m)
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| rowspan=7 |Long Valley Caldera
| enters volcanic region of Walker Lane
The Owens River
course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin
Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct
), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake
. The river drains the Crowley Lake
Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1900 sq mi (4,921 km²) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1340 sq mi (3,470.6 km²).
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! description of point
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| Sierra Crest
| headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit)
| 11555 ft (3,522 m)37°43′09"N 119°6′21"W
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| Deadman Creek
| watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit)
| 10794 ft (3,290 m)37°43′12"N 119°5′58"W
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| Sierra Escarpment
| watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada
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| Glass Creek
| confluence
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| lower montane forest
| exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area
| 9000 ft (2,743.2 m)
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| Big Springs
| confluence (river designation)
| 7248 ft (2,209.2 m)37°45′01"N 118°56′20"W
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| Long Valley
| enters valley
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| Basin & Range ecoregion
| enters bitterbrush/sagebrush
-dominated area
| 7000 ft (2,133.6 m)
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| rowspan=7 |Long Valley Caldera
| enters volcanic region of Walker Lane
The Owens River
course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin
Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct
), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake
. The river drains the Crowley Lake
Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1900 sq mi (4,921 km²) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1340 sq mi (3,470.6 km²).
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course
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! description of point
! elevation & coordinates
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| Sierra Crest
| headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit)
| 11555 ft (3,522 m)37°43′09"N 119°6′21"W
|-
| Deadman Creek
| watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit)
| 10794 ft (3,290 m)37°43′12"N 119°5′58"W
|-
| Sierra Escarpment
| watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada
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| Glass Creek
| confluence
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| lower montane forest
| exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area
| 9000 ft (2,743.2 m)
|-
| Big Springs
| confluence (river designation)
| 7248 ft (2,209.2 m)37°45′01"N 118°56′20"W
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| Long Valley
| enters valley
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| Basin & Range ecoregion
| enters bitterbrush/sagebrush
-dominated area
| 7000 ft (2,133.6 m)
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| rowspan=7 |Long Valley Caldera
| enters volcanic region of Walker Lane
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| stream gauge prior to tunnel 76 cuft/s, 350/150 spring/winter)
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| -16 cuft/s outflow into Mono Craters tunnel
(1941-1989 inflow)
| ...
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| exits Inyo National Forest
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| exits Inaja Ranch
| ...
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| confluence, Hot Creek
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| Benton Crossing
| ...
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| rowspan=8 | Crowley Lake
| enters reservoir
| ...
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| confluence, Convict Creek (west side)
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| confluence, Hilton Creek (south side)
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| inflow of water diverted from Rock Creek
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| confluence, Whiskey Creek (south)
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| confluence, Crooked Creek
(south)
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| -16 cuft/s diversion (hydroelectric pipeline to Pleasant V Reservoir)
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| Long Valley Dam (exits caldera & 380 sq mi (984.2 km²) Long Hydrologic Unit)
| 6783 ft (2,067.5 m)37°35′17"N 118°42′25"W
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| rowspan=8 |Owens River Gorge
| stream gauge
at main weir (downstream of dam)
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| re-enters Inyo National Forest
| 37°35′21"N 118°41′58"W
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| exits Mono County
, enters Inyo County
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| exits Inyo National Forest
| 37°35′17"N 118°42′25"W
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| confluence, Lower Rock Creek
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| enters Pleasant Valley Reservoir
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| reservoir dam (Middle Owens River begins)
| 37°24′53"N 118°31′28"W
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| rowspan=2 |enters valley at exit of gorge
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| Round Valley
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| Horton Creek
| confluence
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| Owens Valley
| exits Round Valley, enters Owens Valley
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| Spring Valley Wash
| confluence
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| McNally canals
| diversion for irrigation
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| Fish Slough
| confluence
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| US 6
| bridge
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| Laws Ditch
| inflow north of Bishop, California
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| Bishop Creek
| confluence
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| Big Pine canal
| diversion
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| Fish Springs canal
| diversion
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| A-drain
| inflow
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| Big Pine Creek
| confluence
| 3916 ft (1,193.6 m)37°10′22"N 118°15′34"W
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| rowspan=3 |Tinemaha Reservoir
| gauge station at inflow
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| confluence, Tinemaha Creek (west side)
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| outlet at dam
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| Owens Lake Watershed
| exits Crowley Lake Watershed
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| LA Aqueduct
| 325 feet (99.1 m) diversion weirhttp://www.slideshare.net/Aquafornia/picture-tour-of-la-aqueduct-2632466 (Lower Owens River begins)
| 36°58′32"N 118°12′38"W
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| SR 136
| stream gauge & pumpback station at Keeler Bridge
| 36°34′28"N 118°0′40"W
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| Owens Lake
| mouth
| 3556 ft (1,083.9 m)36°26′0"N 117°57′3"W
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Owens River
The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...
course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin
San Joaquin River
The San Joaquin River is the largest river of Central California in the United States. At over long, the river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through a rich agricultural region known as the San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean...
Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct system comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power...
), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake
Owens Lake
Owens Lake is a mostly dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is located about south of Lone Pine, California...
. The river drains the Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake is a reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County, California in the United States. It was created in 1941 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as storage for the Los Angeles Aqueduct and for flood control...
Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1900 sq mi (4,921 km²) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1340 sq mi (3,470.6 km²).
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Owens River
The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...
course
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| Sierra Crest
Sierra Crest
The Sierra Crest is a ~ generally north-to-south ridgeline that demarcates the broad west and narrow east slopes of the Sierra Nevada and that extends as far east as the Sierra's topographic front...
| headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit)
| 11555 ft (3,522 m)37°43′09"N 119°6′21"W
|-
| Deadman Creek
Deadman Creek
Deadman Creek is the mainstream creek that becomes the Owens River where Big Springs enters the Deadman Creek channel, "two miles east of the [CalTrans] US395 Crestview maintenance station", near Deadman Summit. The Sierra Crest demarcates the creek's drainage from the drainage of the Middle Fork...
| watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit)
| 10794 ft (3,290 m)37°43′12"N 119°5′58"W
|-
| Sierra Escarpment
Wheeler Crest
The Wheeler Crest or Wheeler Ridge is a ridge in Mono and Inyo Counties, California. The crest is long, and partially lies in the John Muir Wilderness. The ridge is bound on the west by Rock Creek, on the north by the community of Toms Place, on the east by Round Valley, on the southeast by Gable...
| watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada
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| Glass Creek
| confluence
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| lower montane forest
| exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area
| 9000 ft (2,743.2 m)
|-
| Big Springs
Big Springs
Big Springs may refer to a community in the United States:*Big Springs, Indiana*Big Springs, Kansas*Big Springs, Nebraska*Big Springs, the original name of Caledonia , New York*Big Springs -Geographic features:...
| confluence (river designation)
| 7248 ft (2,209.2 m)37°45′01"N 118°56′20"W
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| Long Valley
Long Valley
Long Valley may refer to:*Long Valley Caldera in California*Long Valley, Lassen County, California*Long Valley, California, former name of Greenwood, El Dorado County, California*Long Valley, Hong Kong*Long Valley, New Jersey*Long Valley, Arizona...
| enters valley
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| Basin & Range ecoregion
Central Basin and Range ecoregion
The Central Basin and Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with 26 different Level IV ecoregions...
| enters bitterbrush/sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
-dominated area
| 7000 ft (2,133.6 m)
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| rowspan=7 |Long Valley Caldera
Long Valley Caldera
Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the largest calderas on earth, measuring about long and wide . The elevation of the floor of the caldera is in the east and in the west...
| enters volcanic region of Walker Lane
Walker Lane
The Walker Lane is a geologic trough roughly aligned with the California/Nevada border southward to where Death Valley intersects the Garlock Fault, a major left-lateral strike-slip fault...
The Owens River
Owens River
The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...
course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin
San Joaquin River
The San Joaquin River is the largest river of Central California in the United States. At over long, the river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through a rich agricultural region known as the San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean...
Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct system comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power...
), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake
Owens Lake
Owens Lake is a mostly dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is located about south of Lone Pine, California...
. The river drains the Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake is a reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County, California in the United States. It was created in 1941 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as storage for the Los Angeles Aqueduct and for flood control...
Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1900 sq mi (4,921 km²) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1340 sq mi (3,470.6 km²).
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Owens River
The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...
course
|-
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! description of point
! elevation & coordinates
|-
| Sierra Crest
Sierra Crest
The Sierra Crest is a ~ generally north-to-south ridgeline that demarcates the broad west and narrow east slopes of the Sierra Nevada and that extends as far east as the Sierra's topographic front...
| headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit)
| 11555 ft (3,522 m)37°43′09"N 119°6′21"W
|-
| Deadman Creek
Deadman Creek
Deadman Creek is the mainstream creek that becomes the Owens River where Big Springs enters the Deadman Creek channel, "two miles east of the [CalTrans] US395 Crestview maintenance station", near Deadman Summit. The Sierra Crest demarcates the creek's drainage from the drainage of the Middle Fork...
| watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit)
| 10794 ft (3,290 m)37°43′12"N 119°5′58"W
|-
| Sierra Escarpment
Wheeler Crest
The Wheeler Crest or Wheeler Ridge is a ridge in Mono and Inyo Counties, California. The crest is long, and partially lies in the John Muir Wilderness. The ridge is bound on the west by Rock Creek, on the north by the community of Toms Place, on the east by Round Valley, on the southeast by Gable...
| watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada
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| Glass Creek
| confluence
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| lower montane forest
| exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area
| 9000 ft (2,743.2 m)
|-
| Big Springs
Big Springs
Big Springs may refer to a community in the United States:*Big Springs, Indiana*Big Springs, Kansas*Big Springs, Nebraska*Big Springs, the original name of Caledonia , New York*Big Springs -Geographic features:...
| confluence (river designation)
| 7248 ft (2,209.2 m)37°45′01"N 118°56′20"W
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| Long Valley
Long Valley
Long Valley may refer to:*Long Valley Caldera in California*Long Valley, Lassen County, California*Long Valley, California, former name of Greenwood, El Dorado County, California*Long Valley, Hong Kong*Long Valley, New Jersey*Long Valley, Arizona...
| enters valley
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| Basin & Range ecoregion
Central Basin and Range ecoregion
The Central Basin and Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with 26 different Level IV ecoregions...
| enters bitterbrush/sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
-dominated area
| 7000 ft (2,133.6 m)
|-
| rowspan=7 |Long Valley Caldera
Long Valley Caldera
Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the largest calderas on earth, measuring about long and wide . The elevation of the floor of the caldera is in the east and in the west...
| enters volcanic region of Walker Lane
Walker Lane
The Walker Lane is a geologic trough roughly aligned with the California/Nevada border southward to where Death Valley intersects the Garlock Fault, a major left-lateral strike-slip fault...
The Owens River
Owens River
The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...
course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin
San Joaquin River
The San Joaquin River is the largest river of Central California in the United States. At over long, the river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through a rich agricultural region known as the San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean...
Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct system comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power...
), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake
Owens Lake
Owens Lake is a mostly dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is located about south of Lone Pine, California...
. The river drains the Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake is a reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County, California in the United States. It was created in 1941 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as storage for the Los Angeles Aqueduct and for flood control...
Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1900 sq mi (4,921 km²) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1340 sq mi (3,470.6 km²).
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|+valign=top style="background:silver" | Owens River
Owens River
The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...
course
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! wikiarticle for point
! description of point
! elevation & coordinates
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| Sierra Crest
Sierra Crest
The Sierra Crest is a ~ generally north-to-south ridgeline that demarcates the broad west and narrow east slopes of the Sierra Nevada and that extends as far east as the Sierra's topographic front...
| headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit)
| 11555 ft (3,522 m)37°43′09"N 119°6′21"W
|-
| Deadman Creek
Deadman Creek
Deadman Creek is the mainstream creek that becomes the Owens River where Big Springs enters the Deadman Creek channel, "two miles east of the [CalTrans] US395 Crestview maintenance station", near Deadman Summit. The Sierra Crest demarcates the creek's drainage from the drainage of the Middle Fork...
| watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit)
| 10794 ft (3,290 m)37°43′12"N 119°5′58"W
|-
| Sierra Escarpment
Wheeler Crest
The Wheeler Crest or Wheeler Ridge is a ridge in Mono and Inyo Counties, California. The crest is long, and partially lies in the John Muir Wilderness. The ridge is bound on the west by Rock Creek, on the north by the community of Toms Place, on the east by Round Valley, on the southeast by Gable...
| watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada
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| Glass Creek
| confluence
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| lower montane forest
| exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area
| 9000 ft (2,743.2 m)
|-
| Big Springs
Big Springs
Big Springs may refer to a community in the United States:*Big Springs, Indiana*Big Springs, Kansas*Big Springs, Nebraska*Big Springs, the original name of Caledonia , New York*Big Springs -Geographic features:...
| confluence (river designation)
| 7248 ft (2,209.2 m)37°45′01"N 118°56′20"W
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| Long Valley
Long Valley
Long Valley may refer to:*Long Valley Caldera in California*Long Valley, Lassen County, California*Long Valley, California, former name of Greenwood, El Dorado County, California*Long Valley, Hong Kong*Long Valley, New Jersey*Long Valley, Arizona...
| enters valley
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| Basin & Range ecoregion
Central Basin and Range ecoregion
The Central Basin and Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with 26 different Level IV ecoregions...
| enters bitterbrush/sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
-dominated area
| 7000 ft (2,133.6 m)
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| rowspan=7 |Long Valley Caldera
Long Valley Caldera
Long Valley Caldera is a depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the largest calderas on earth, measuring about long and wide . The elevation of the floor of the caldera is in the east and in the west...
| enters volcanic region of Walker Lane
Walker Lane
The Walker Lane is a geologic trough roughly aligned with the California/Nevada border southward to where Death Valley intersects the Garlock Fault, a major left-lateral strike-slip fault...
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| stream gauge prior to tunnel 76 cuft/s, 350/150 spring/winter)
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| -16 cuft/s outflow into Mono Craters tunnel
Mono-Inyo Craters
The Mono–Inyo Craters is a volcanic chain of craters, domes and lava flows in Eastern California that stretches from the northwest shore of Mono Lake to the south of Mammoth Mountain. The chain is located in Mono County in the U.S. state of California...
(1941-1989 inflow)
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| exits Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest is a federally administered forest in the United States. The forest covers parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California, and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. It contains two wilderness areas: the John Muir Wilderness and the Ansel Adams Wilderness...
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| exits Inaja Ranch
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| confluence, Hot Creek
Hot Creek (Mono County, California)
Hot Creek, starting as Mammoth Creek, is a stream in Mono County of eastern California, in the Western United States. It is within the Inyo National Forest.-Mammoth Creek:...
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| Benton Crossing
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| rowspan=8 | Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake is a reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County, California in the United States. It was created in 1941 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as storage for the Los Angeles Aqueduct and for flood control...
| enters reservoir
| ...
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| confluence, Convict Creek (west side)
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| confluence, Hilton Creek (south side)
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| inflow of water diverted from Rock Creek
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| confluence, Whiskey Creek (south)
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| confluence, Crooked Creek
Crooked Creek
- Streams :* Crooked Creek , a tributary of the Allegheny River* Crooked Creek , a tributary of the Chattahoochee River near Fulton and Gwinnett* Crooked Creek , a tributary of the Kankakee River...
(south)
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| -16 cuft/s diversion (hydroelectric pipeline to Pleasant V Reservoir)
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| Long Valley Dam (exits caldera & 380 sq mi (984.2 km²) Long Hydrologic Unit)
| 6783 ft (2,067.5 m)37°35′17"N 118°42′25"W
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| rowspan=8 |Owens River Gorge
Owens River Gorge
The Owens River Gorge is a steep 10 mi canyon on the upper Owens River in eastern California in the United States. The canyon is located at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Mono County, along the stretch of the river where it exits the Long Valley near its source...
| stream gauge
Stream gauge
A stream gauge, stream gage or gauging station is a location used by hydrologists or environmental scientists to monitor and test terrestrial bodies of water. Hydrometric measurements of water surface elevation and/or volumetric discharge are generally taken and observations of biota may also be...
at main weir (downstream of dam)
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| re-enters Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest is a federally administered forest in the United States. The forest covers parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California, and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. It contains two wilderness areas: the John Muir Wilderness and the Ansel Adams Wilderness...
| 37°35′21"N 118°41′58"W
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| exits Mono County
Mono County, California
Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,202, up from 12,853 at the 2000 census...
, enters Inyo County
Inyo County, California
-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...
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| exits Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest
Inyo National Forest is a federally administered forest in the United States. The forest covers parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California, and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. It contains two wilderness areas: the John Muir Wilderness and the Ansel Adams Wilderness...
| 37°35′17"N 118°42′25"W
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| confluence, Lower Rock Creek
Rock Creek (California)
Rock Creek may refer to:*Rock Creek , a tributary of Lake Oroville's North Arm *Rock Creek , a Middle Fork Feather River tributary with headwaters on the Sierra Crest *Rock Creek , a left North Fork Feather River tributary with...
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| enters Pleasant Valley Reservoir
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| reservoir dam (Middle Owens River begins)
| 37°24′53"N 118°31′28"W
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| rowspan=2 |enters valley at exit of gorge
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| Round Valley
Round Valley
Round Valley may refer to some entities in the United States & Canada:* Round Valley No. 410, Saskatchewan, rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada* Round Valley, California, in Inyo County* Round Valley, Mendocino County, California...
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| Horton Creek
| confluence
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| Owens Valley
Owens Valley
Owens Valley is the arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States, to the east of the Sierra Nevada and west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains on the west edge of the Great Basin section...
| exits Round Valley, enters Owens Valley
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| Spring Valley Wash
| confluence
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| McNally canals
| diversion for irrigation
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| Fish Slough
Fish Slough Area of Critical Environmental Concern
The Fish Slough Area of Critical Environmental Concern is a Slough located near Bishop, California on the western side of the Chalfant Valley . Its were designated as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern in 1982...
| confluence
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| US 6
U.S. Route 6 in California
U.S. Route 6, or US 6, is a transcontinental highway from the U.S. state of California to Massachusetts. In California, the highway lies in the eastern portion of the state from Bishop in the Owens Valley north to the Nevada state line in Esmeralda County...
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| Laws Ditch
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Bishop, California
Bishop is a city in Inyo County, California, United States. Though Bishop is the only city and the largest populated place in Inyo County, the county seat is Independence. Bishop is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, at an elevation of 4147 feet . The population was 3,879 at the...
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| Bishop Creek
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| Big Pine canal
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| Fish Springs canal
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| Big Pine Creek
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| 3916 ft (1,193.6 m)37°10′22"N 118°15′34"W
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Tinemaha Reservoir
Tinemaha Reservoir is a reservoir created by a dam in the Owens River. It is operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power....
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| confluence, Tinemaha Creek (west side)
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| outlet at dam
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| Owens Lake Watershed
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| LA Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct system comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power...
| 325 feet (99.1 m) diversion weirhttp://www.slideshare.net/Aquafornia/picture-tour-of-la-aqueduct-2632466 (Lower Owens River begins)
| 36°58′32"N 118°12′38"W
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| SR 136
California State Route 136
State Route 136 is a short state highway in California, USA, running from Lone Pine to State Route 190 along the northern edge of Owens Lake.-Route description:This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System....
| stream gauge & pumpback station at Keeler Bridge
| 36°34′28"N 118°0′40"W
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| Owens Lake
Owens Lake
Owens Lake is a mostly dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is located about south of Lone Pine, California...
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| 3556 ft (1,083.9 m)36°26′0"N 117°57′3"W
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