San Francisquito Creek

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San Francisquito Creek is a perennial stream on the San Francisco Peninsula that forms part of the boundary between San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and runs through Palo Alto and surrounding communities before emptying into San Francisco Bay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf perennial stream ⓘ
stream ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county San Mateo County, California ⓘ
Santa Clara County, California ⓘ
linked to: Santa Clara County
crossedBy Dumbarton rail corridor ⓘ
El Camino Real ⓘ
U.S. Route 101 ⓘ
drainageBasin San Francisquito Creek watershed ⓘ
ecoregion California coastal sage and chaparral ⓘ
emptiesInto San Francisco Bay ⓘ
environmentalIssues erosion ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northeast ⓘ
flowsThrough East Palo Alto, California ⓘ
Menlo Park, California ⓘ
Palo Alto, California ⓘ
Stanford University campus area ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween San Mateo County ⓘ
Santa Clara County ⓘ
hasFloodRisk East Palo Alto, California ⓘ
Menlo Park, California ⓘ
Palo Alto, California ⓘ
hasRecreation hiking along creekside trails ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ
hasTributary Bear Creek (San Mateo County) ⓘ
Corte Madera Creek (San Mateo County) ⓘ
linked to: Corte Madera Creek

Los Trancos Creek ⓘ
Searsville Lake outflow ⓘ
historicalSignificance served as a boundary in early Spanish and Mexican land grants ⓘ
locatedIn San Francisco Peninsula ⓘ
managedBy San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority ⓘ
mouthElevation sea level ⓘ
mouthLocation San Francisco Bay ⓘ
nearbyLandmark Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
partOf San Francisco Bay watershed ⓘ
passesNear Portola Valley, California ⓘ
Stanford, California ⓘ
region San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
sourceLocation eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains ⓘ
state California ⓘ
subjectOf San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority restoration projects ⓘ
supportsSpecies Chinook salmon (occasionally) ⓘ
steelhead trout ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Palo Alto → locatedOnWatercourse → San Francisquito Creek ⓘ
East Palo Alto, California → hasRiver → San Francisquito Creek ⓘ
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve → hasFeature → San Francisquito Creek ⓘ
San Francisquito Creek tidal area → locatedAtMouthOf → San Francisquito Creek ⓘ
San Francisquito Creek tidal area → adjacentTo → San Francisquito Creek ⓘ
El Palo Alto Park → adjacentTo → San Francisquito Creek ⓘ
El Palo Alto Park → watercourse → San Francisquito Creek ⓘ
Matadero Creek → partOf → San Francisquito Creek watershed ⓘ
linked to: San Francisquito Creek
San Francisquito Creek → drainageBasin → San Francisquito Creek watershed ⓘ
linked to: San Francisquito Creek