Sacramento River Basin

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The Sacramento River Basin is a major watershed in Northern California that drains the Sacramento River and its tributaries, supporting extensive agriculture, ecosystems, and water supply for the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin
watershed
areaApprox 27000 square miles
climate Mediterranean climate
contains Folsom Lake
Lake Oroville
Sacramento Valley
Shasta Lake
Trinity Lake
Whiskeytown Lake
country United States
drains American River
Bear River
Cache Creek
Clear Creek
Cottonwood Creek
Feather River
McCloud River
Pit River
Putah Creek
Sacramento River
Stony Creek
Yuba River
ecoregion Central Valley ecoregion
linked to: Central Valley

Sierra Nevada foothills
flowsInto San Francisco Bay
hasInfrastructure canals
dams
levees
hasMouthAt Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
headwatersLocation Cascade Range
Mount Shasta region
Sierra Nevada
importance largest river basin entirely in California
linkedProject Central Valley Project
State Water Project
locatedIn California
Northern California
majorCityInBasin Chico
Marysville
linked to: City of Marysville

Redding
Sacramento
Yuba City
managedBy California Department of Water Resources
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
partOf California water system
Central Valley watershed
primaryPrecipitationForm rain
snowpack in mountains
primaryPrecipitationSource winter storms
providesWaterTo Central Valley agriculture
San Francisco Bay Area via interbasin transfers
risk flooding
supportsSpecies Chinook salmon
Delta smelt
steelhead trout
supportsUse fisheries
hydroelectric power generation
industrial water supply
irrigated agriculture
municipal water supply
recreation

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Central Valley Project basin Sacramento River Basin
Vaca Mountains drainageTo Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Cascade Range drainage Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Sacramento Valley drainageBasinOf Sacramento River system
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
American River partOf Sacramento–San Joaquin River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Gold Country geographicalFeature Yuba River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Trinity Dam divertsWaterTo Sacramento River Basin
Shasta Dam riverBasin Sacramento River Basin
Folsom Dam riverBasin Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Tehama-Colusa Canal locatedInHydrologicalBasin Sacramento River Basin
Oroville Dam riverBasin Sacramento River Basin
Whitney Glacier drainageBasin Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
South Fork American River watercourse Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Feather River drainageBasin Sacramento River Basin
Bear River (Feather River tributary) partOf Sacramento River basin
subject linked to: Bear River
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Loon Lake partOf Sacramento River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Sierra Nevada river system hasMajorRiver Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Nimbus Dam riverSystem Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
McCloud River drainageBasin Sacramento River Basin
Colusa Basin Drain locatedInHydrologicalSystem Sacramento River Basin
Cache Creek tributaryOf Sacramento River system
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Cache Creek drainageBasin Sacramento River Basin
Cache Creek partOf Sacramento–San Joaquin River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Colusa hasNearbyLandform Sacramento River floodplain
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Sacramento Valley wetlands hydrologicalContext Sacramento River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Sacramento Valley wetlands hydrologicalContext Sacramento River floodplain
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Sacramento River watershed infrastructure locatedIn Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Deer Creek (Nevada County, California) drainageBasin Sacramento River basin
subject linked to: Deer Creek
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority serviceArea Sacramento River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Yuba River locatedIn Sacramento Valley watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Red Bluff Diversion Dam riverBasin Sacramento River Basin
Middle Fork American River partOf Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Stony Creek partOf Sacramento River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
American River watershed locatedIn Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Yolla Bolly Mountains drainageDivideFor Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
North Fork American River drainageBasin Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Wintu language traditionalTerritory upper Sacramento Valley
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Trinity Lake waterDivertedTo Sacramento River basin
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Pit River partOf Sacramento River watershed
linked to: Sacramento River Basin
Pit River partOf Sacramento River system
linked to: Sacramento River Basin