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San Joaquin River

noun

A river in central California that rises in the Sierra Nevada and flows northwest to form a large delta with the Sacramento River.

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"San Joaquin River" Quotes from Famous Books

... show a wave movement beginning in one of the easterly quadrants and more commonly in the southeastern. This series of light shocks is attributed to the slip along the line of the San Joaquin fault. While they may occur at any season of the year, they are more frequently observed when the San Joaquin river is running bank high under the influence of the melting snows in the foothills of the Sierra. That such a condition has recently existed is made clear by the report within less than a month of floods ...

— Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror • Richard Linthicum

Words linked to "San Joaquin River" : ca, Calif., Golden State, river, California