San_Joaquin_River
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The San Joaquin River ( SAN whah-KEEN; Spanish: Río San Joaquín [ˈri.o saŋ xoaˈkin]) 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
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| San Joaquin River | |
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 San Joaquin River near Vernalis | |
 Map of the San Joaquin River watershed | |
| Etymology | c. 1805–1808 by Gabriel Moraga for Saint Joachim, father of Mary, the mother of Jesus |
| Native name | Río San Joaquín (Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Cities | Fresno, Modesto, Stockton |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Thousand Island Lake |
| • location | Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada |
| • coordinates | 37°43′41″N 119°10′09″W / 37.72804°N 119.16922°W |
| • elevation | 9,839 ft (2,999 m) |
| Mouth | Suisun Bay |
• location | Antioch, Contra Costa/Solano Counties |
• coordinates | 38°04′00″N 121°51′04″W / 38.06667°N 121.85111°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 366 mi (589 km) |
| Basin size | 15,600 sq mi (40,000 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Vernalis, 78 mi (126 km) from the mouth |
| • average | 5,110 cu ft/s (145 m/s) |
| • minimum | 30 cu ft/s (0.85 m/s) |
| • maximum | 325,000 cu ft/s (9,200 m/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Fresno Slough |
| • right | Merced River, Tuolumne River, Stanislaus River, Mokelumne River |
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