Английская Википедия:Big Canyon Creek (Lake County)
Шаблон:Infobox river Big Canyon Creek is a creek in Lake County, California. It is a tributary of Putah Creek.
Hydrology
Big Canyon Creek is an Шаблон:Convert long tributary of Putah Creek. Its mouth is at an elevation of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Big Canyon Creek supplies rainfall to the Putah Creek drainage with very little snowmelt or base flow. It does not contain any reservoirs to provide surface storage and regulate flows.Шаблон:Sfn In 1912 Warden R. L. Sinkey wrote of Putah Creek, "Becomes dry anywhere below Winters during the summer months. Putah Creek is just a small stream in the summertime. St. Helena Creek, Anderson Creek, Dry Creek run just small streams. Big Canyon Creek runs more water, I think, than all the rest".Шаблон:Sfn
Location
The Köppen climate classification is Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate.Шаблон:Sfn
Boggs Mountain is an elongated rolling highland.Шаблон:Sfn It forms a topographical divide separating Big Canyon Creek to the east from Kelsey Creek to the west.Шаблон:Sfn Adams Springs is beside the creek, near its head.Шаблон:Sfn William Robert Prather, who developed Adams Springs, corresponded with Thomas Edison in the late 1890s, who told him how to build a Pelton wheel in Big Canyon Creek to generate electricity for the resort.Шаблон:Sfn
Big Canyon Road (107) runs along the lower part of the creek. There is a Шаблон:Convert steel bridge that carries the road across the creek below the point where it is joined by Bad Creek. It was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1993. As of November 2017 it was in poor condition and its structure had been appraised as "basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement".Шаблон:Sfn
Tributaries
| Stream | GNIS id | Parent | Mouth | Length | |||
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| Coords | Elev ft | Elev m | mi | km | |||
| Шаблон:Anchor Big Canyon Creek | Шаблон:GNIS 4 | Putah Creek | Шаблон:Coord | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:Convert | ||
| Шаблон:Anchor ←Mill Creek (Big Canyon Creek) | Шаблон:GNIS 4 | Big Canyon Creek | Шаблон:Coord | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:Convert | ||
| Шаблон:Anchor ←Spikenard Creek | Шаблон:GNIS 4 | Big Canyon Creek | Шаблон:Coord | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:Convert | ||
| Шаблон:Anchor ←Bad Creek | Шаблон:GNIS 4 | Big Canyon Creek | Шаблон:Coord | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:Convert | ||
| Шаблон:Anchor ←Malo Creek | Шаблон:GNIS 4 | Big Canyon Creek | Шаблон:Coord | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:Convert | ||
See also
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