Sweetwater River (Calif.)

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Name (Latin)
Sweetwater River (Calif.)
Other forms of name
Agua Dulce River (Calif.)
Coordinates
-117.117 -117.117 32.646 32.646 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers California
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1455949
Library of congress: sh2004007079
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2004368442: Assessing the risk of Loveland Dam operations to the arroyo toad (Bufo californicus) in the Sweetwater River channel, San Diego County, California, 2003.
  • GNIS, California, June 21, 2004(Sweetwater River, stream, San Diego County, variant name: Agua Dulce, also Agua Dulce, ppl, in Los Angeles County and Agua Dulce Creek in San Diego County)

Wikipedia description:

The Sweetwater River is a 55-mile (89 km) long stream in San Diego County, California, USA. From its headwaters high in the Cuyamaca Mountains, the river flows generally southwest, first through rugged hinterlands but then into the urban areas surrounding its mouth at San Diego Bay. Its drainage basin covers more than 230 square miles (600 km2), all of it within San Diego County. Towns on the river include Descanso, La Presa and Chula Vista. The term "Sweetwater" is a name often given to freshwater which tastes good in regions where much of the water is bitter to the taste. The Spanish called the river "Agua Dulce", a name they applied to good clear water anywhere they lived.

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