- Arroyo Seco Creek
Geobox|River
name = Arroyo Seco Creek
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category =stream
etymology = Spanish
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image_caption = Middle reach of Arroyo Seco Creek
country =United States
state =California
region = Sonoma County
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tributary_left =Haraszthy Creek
city =Sonoma, California
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source =
source_location = convert|4|mi|km|0|lk=on|abbr=on northeast ofSonoma, California
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source_elevation_imperial = 1345
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source_lat_d = 38 | source_lat_m = 20 | source_lat_s = 8 | source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 122 | source_long_m = 25 | source_long_s = 3 | source_long_EW = W
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mouth =Schell Creek
mouth_location = convert|4|mi|km|0|lk=on|abbr=on south ofSonoma, California
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mouth_elevation_imperial = 13
mouth_lat_d = 38 | mouth_lat_m = 14 | mouth_lat_s = 42 | mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 122 | mouth_long_m = 26 | mouth_long_s = 5 | mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_coordinates_note = Gnis|218408|Arroyo Seco Creek]
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watershed_imperial = 11.4
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footnotes =Arroyo Seco Creek is a
tributary stream toSchell Creek in southernSonoma County, California ,United States . In theSpanish language "arroyo seco" means "dry creek."Arroyo Seco Creek drains a portion of the western slopes of the southern
Mayacamas Mountains . Its convert|11.4|sqmi|km2|0|lk=on|adj=on watershed, [ [http://www.krisweb.com/biblio/nsfb_cdfg_xxxx_1976_arroyosecoss.pdf Arroyo Seco Creek California Fish and Game 1976 Stream Survey] ] along with the entire Mayacmas mountain block, was formed in theMiocene era by volcanic action along with tectonic uplift about 12 million years ago.Soils of the immediate streambed and its vicinity are classified as the Riverwash series, recent deposition of sands and gravels. ["Soil Survey, Sonoma County, California",
U.S. Department of Agriculture ,Soil Conservation Service , Government Printing Office, Washington DC, May 1972]Arroyo Seco Creek springs near the Napa County line about convert|4|mi|km|0|lk=on|abbr=on northeast of
Sonoma, California . It flows southward, emerging from the hills near Sonoma Valley Hospital. After a confluence withHaraszthy Creek , it crosses under State Route 12 nearSchellville, California , where it flows into Schell Creek. Schell Creek discharges to a network of sloughs which eventually empty intoSonoma Creek , which in turn empties into theNapa Sonoma Marsh andSan Pablo Bay .ee also
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California oak woodland
*List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
*Miwok References
External links
* [http://www.teamarundo.org/eradproject/restor_plan_scrk_083005.pdf Vegetation management in Sonoma Creek and tributaries]
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