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This list of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area groups rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc. according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so that tributaries entering nearest the sea appear first. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids.

Pacific Coast north of the Golden Gate

Sonoma Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County north of Bodega Head, listed from north to south:[1]

  • Gualala River (253221):
    • North Fork (229679) - flows from Mendocino County.
    • South Fork (235010):
      • Big Pepperwood Creek (219227) - flows from Mendocino County.
      • Rockpile Creek (231751) - flows from Mendocino County.
      • Buckeye Creek (220029):
        • Little Creek (227239)
        • North Fork Buckeye Creek (229647):
          • Osser Creek (230143)
          • Roy Creek (231987)
        • Soda Springs Creek (234853)
      • Wheatfield Fork (237594):
        • Fuller Creek (223983):
          • Sullivan Creek (235693)
          • Boyd Creek (219738)
          • North Fork Fuller Creek (229676)
          • South Fork Fuller Creek (235005)
        • Haupt Creek (225023)
        • Tobacco Creek (236406)
        • Elk Creek (223108)
        • House Creek (225688):
          • Soda Spring Creek (234845)
          • Allen Creek (218142)
          • Pepperwood Creek (230514):
            • Danfield Creek (222007):
              • Cow Creek (221691)
            • Jim Creek (226237)
            • Grasshopper Creek (224470)
          • Britain Creek (219851)
          • Cedar Creek (220760)
        • Wolf Creek (238086)
        • Tombs Creek (236448)
      • Marshall Creek (228139):
        • McKenzie Creek (228391)
  • Deadman Gulch (222120)
  • Cannon Gulch (220545)
  • Chinese Gulch (221069)
  • Phillips Gulch (230598)
  • Miller Creek (228727)
  • Warren Creek (237257)
  • Wildcat Creek (237784)
  • Stockhoff Creek (235498)
  • Timber Cove Creek (236355)
  • Kolmer Gulch (226673)
  • Fort Ross Creek (223705)
  • Russian Gulch (232048)
  • Russian River (267200):
  • Scotty Creek (232742)
  • Salmon Creek (232281):
    • Finley Creek
    • Coleman Valley Creek
    • Fay Creek
    • Tanner Creek
    • Thurston Creek

Bodega Bay and Tomales Bay

Watercourses which feed into Bodega Bay and Tomales Bay, listed clockwise from Bodega Head to Tomales Point:

Marin Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Tomales Bay and the Golden Gate, listed north to south:

San Francisco Bay and its tributaries

Northern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into San Francisco Bay and its tributary bays between the Golden Gate and Point San Pedro, listed west to east:

Northern San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait

Watercourses which feed into San Pablo Bay or the Carquinez Strait between Point San Pedro and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, listed west to east:

Suisun Bay

Watercourses which feed into Suisun Bay, listed clockwise:

For tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, see List of rivers in California.

  • Hastings Slough:
    • Seal Creek
  • Pacheco Creek (230192):

Southern Carquinez Strait and San Pablo Bay

Watercourses which feed into the Carquinez Strait or San Pablo Bay between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and Point San Pablo, listed east to west:

Eastern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay between Point San Pablo and the Dumbarton Bridge, listed north to south:

Southern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay south of the Dumbarton Bridge, listed clockwise:

  • Newark Slough (229511):
    • Plummer Creek
  • Mowry Slough
  • Mud Slough:
    • Cañada de Aliso Creek
  • Coyote Creek (255083):
    • Scott Creek
    • Calera Creek:
      • Berryessa Creek
    • Upper Penetencia Creek:
      • Arroyo Aguagne
    • Silver Creek:
      • Babb Creek
  • Guadalupe River (253220):
    • Los Gatos Creek
    • Ross Creek
    • Alamitos Creek
  • Guadalupe Slough:
    • Calabazas Creek
    • Saratoga Creek (253826)
  • Stevens Creek (1667885)
  • Permanente Creek
  • San Francisquito Creek (232397)

Western San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay between the Dumbarton Bridge and the Golden Gate, listed south to north:

San Mateo Coast

Northern San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Miramontes Point, listed north to south:

Central San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Miramontes Point and Pigeon Point, listed north to south:

Southern San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean south of Pigeon Point, listed north to south:

  • Gazos Creek (224105):
    • Old Womans Creek
  • Whitehouse Creek (237690)
  • Cascade Creek (220660)
  • Green Oaks Creek
  • Año Nuevo Creek (254567)
  • Elliot Creek (223153)

References

  1. ^ Cox, Bill (2000). "Major Streams in Sonoma County" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-04.

See also

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