For land points near this watercourse, see Owens River and Owens Valley.
River in California, United States
Owens River
The Owens River course begins (top left) as Deadman Creek, and the river designation begins where the Big Springs tributary enters the Deadman Creek channel.[1]: 89, 108, 113
Location
Country
United States
State
California
Physical characteristics
Length
120 mi (190 km), north-south
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Diversion gates that control inflow to the Lower Owens River
The Owens River course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin Watershed,[2] 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 1,900 sq mi (4,900 km2) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1,340 sq mi (3,500 km2).[2]
Owens River course
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description of point
elevation & coordinates
Sierra Crest
headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit)[1]: 113
11,555 ft (3,522 m)37°43′09″N119°6′21″W / 37.71917°N 119.10583°W / 37.71917; -119.10583
Deadman Creek
watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit)
10,794 ft (3,290 m)[3]37°43′12″N119°5′58″W / 37.72000°N 119.09944°W / 37.72000; -119.09944
Sierra Escarpment
watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada
[specify]
Glass Creek
confluence[1]: 111
[specify]
lower montane forest
exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area
9,000 ft (2,700 m)
Big Springs
confluence (river designation)
7,248 ft (2,209 m)[3]37°45′01″N118°56′20″W / 37.75028°N 118.93889°W / 37.75028; -118.93889
3,556 ft (1,084 m)36°26′0″N117°57′3″W / 36.43333°N 117.95083°W / 36.43333; -117.95083
External images
Long Valley Dam site
Hilton Creek fault
^ abcdefghijklmnop"Upper Owens River Basin" (PDF). Planning Division: Mono County Community Development Department. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
^ ab"Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
^ abcd"USGS Elevation Web Service Query". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-19. 'Specific queries:
Deadman source: Query of 37.719914, -119.09935 returns 10794 ft
Deadman confluence: Query of 37.750278, -118.938889 returns 7247.6 ft
Long Valley Dam: "Query of Google Map coordinates [X_Value=-118.706846&Y_Value=37.587949] returns 6783 ft". Retrieved 2010-06-12.
Big Pine confluence: Query of 37.172778, -118.259444 returns 3916.18 ft
^ abcdefgh"Appendix T. Hydrologic Characteristics of the Owens River Basin below the Upper Owens River" (PDF). MonoBasinResearch.org. Retrieved 2010-06-14. The Middle Owens River is the segment between Pleasant Valley Reservoir and the Los Angeles Aqueduct (LA Aqueduct) intake downstream of Tinemaha Reservoir.
^"Owens River and the Los Angeles Aqueduct". Evaluation of the Hydrologic System and Selected Water-Management Alternatives in the Owens Valley, California. Retrieved 2010-07-13. a 96- to 108-inch pipeline (penstock) that connects Lake Crowley in the Long Valley with the Pleasant Valley Reservoir
^ ab"Owens River–Los Angeles Aqueduct system..." (PDF). Evaluation of the Hydrologic System and Selected Water-Management Alternatives in the Owens Valley, California. Retrieved 2010-07-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
^ abWilerson, Gregg; et al. (2007). "Roadside Geology and Mining History: Owens Valley and Mono Basin" (PDF). p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2011. Retrieved 2010-06-14. On December 6, 2006 the LA Department of Water and Power was ordered to divert 5% of the annual flow of the Owens River out of the aqueduct and back into Owens Gorge to support the trout fishery.
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Global Information
Long Valley Dam site