Merced River, Tuolumne River, Stanislaus River, Mokelumne River
The San Joaquin River (/ˌsænhwɑːˈkiːn/; Spanish: Río San Joaquín) is the longest river of Central California. The 366-mile (589 km) long river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through the rich agricultural region of the northern San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. An important source of irrigation water as well as a wildlife corridor, the San Joaquin is among the most heavily dammed and diverted of California's rivers.
People have inhabited the San Joaquin Valley for more than 8,000 years, and it was long one of the major population centers of pre-Columbian California. Starting in the late 18th century, successive waves of explorers then settlers, mainly Spanish and American, emigrated to the San Joaquin basin. When Spain colonized the area, they sent soldiers from Mexico, who were usually of mixed native Mexican and Spanish birth, led by Spanish officers. Franciscan missionaries from Spain came with the expeditions to evangelize the natives by teaching them about the Catholic faith.
Once an inland sea,[7] most of the San Joaquin Valley has a very uniform topography, and much of the lower river formed a huge flood basin.[8] In the 20th century, many levees and dams were built on the San Joaquin and all of its major tributaries. These engineering works changed the fluctuating nature of the river forever, and cut off the Tulare Basin from the rest of the San Joaquin watershed. Once habitat for hundreds of thousands of spawning salmon and millions of migratory birds, today the river is subject to tremendous water-supply, navigation and regulation works by various federal agencies, which have dramatically reduced the flow of the river since the 20th century.
^"Middle Fork San Joaquin River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
^"San Joaquin River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
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^"Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
^ abBenke and Cushing, p. 555
^Biennial report of the Department of Engineering of the State of California, p.37
^Bartow, J. Alan. "The Cenozoic evolution of the San Joaquin Valley, California". United States Geological Service.
^THE CENTRAL VALLEY HISTORIC MAPPING PROJECT, 2003. California State University, Chico Department of Geography and Planning and Geographic Information Center
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