Английская Википедия:Big Chico Creek
Шаблон:About Шаблон:See also Шаблон:Refimprove
Big Chico Creek is a creek in northeastern California that originates near Colby Mountain in Lassen National Park. It flows Шаблон:Convert[1] to its confluence with the Sacramento River in Butte County. The creek's elevation declines from Шаблон:Convert above sea level at its head to Шаблон:Convert where it joins the Sacramento River, as shown on the Ord Ferry USGS quadrangle. Big Chico Creek forms part of the demarcation between the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range.[2]
A portion of Big Chico Creek flows through the city of Chico's Bidwell Park and California State University, Chico.
Natural history
There are numerous plant and animal species in the riparian zone and entire watershed of Big Chico Creek. A threatened species of Chinook Salmon make annual spawning runs up Big Chico Creek to the area of Higgin's Hole. Among the wildflowers documented in the watershed is the yellow mariposa lily, Calochortus luteus.[3]
See also
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- United States Geological Survey. 1981. Шаблон:Gnis
Notes
Шаблон:ButteCountyCA-geo-stub
Шаблон:California-river-stub
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Шаблон:Webarchive, accessed March 10, 2011
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2009
- Английская Википедия
- Tributaries of the Sacramento River
- Rivers of Butte County, California
- Rivers of Tehama County, California
- Geography of Chico, California
- Geography of the Sacramento Valley
- Rivers of Northern California
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии