Sacramento River
The Sacramento River is a river in California in the United States. It flows through the Sacramento Valley in northern California, and is about 445 miles (716 km) long. The Sacramento has many tributaries, including the Pit, Feather and American Rivers. Cities along the river include Redding and Sacramento.
| Sacramento River | |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta |
| Length | 447 mi (719 km) |
Native people have lived in the region for about 12,000 years. The Sacramento River's tributaries were the focus of the California Gold Rush, which brought many settlers to the area in the 1800s. Today, the river is used as a source of irrigation water and to produce hydroelectricity.
Tributaries
Sacramento River Media
Upper Sacramento River at Castle Crags State Park
The Sacramento River running through Red Bluff, California
Sacramento River in Bend, California
Sacramento River above Sacramento
Aerial view of the Delta region, showing the Sacramento River (above) and the San Joaquin River
Flooding on the Sacramento River, January 24, 1970
The Sacramento River below Shasta Dam
The Castle Crags, a series of granite peaks rising above the upper Sacramento River canyon just to the right. Mount Shasta, the highest mountain in the Sacramento drainage, is seen in the distance.
The Carquinez Strait, which connects the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay to San Pablo and San Francisco Bays, and then the Pacific. The channel formed from water flooding over the Coast Ranges from a gigantic lake that formed in the Central Valley a few hundred thousand years ago, when the rising mountains blocked the Sacramento's route to the Pacific Ocean.
Mt. Shasta and the Sacramento River by Frederick A. Butman (1820-1871)
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