Mowry Slough

Mowry Slough

Mowry Slough[1] is a 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km)[2] slough (wetlands area) in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is the primary breeding ground for San Francisco Bay Harbor Seals. It is situated amongst salt marshes and salt evaporation ponds in the city of Fremont.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mowry Slough". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:229219. 
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 15, 2011
  3. ^ SFSU, Mowry Slough, retrieved August 1, 2007

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Coordinates: 37°29′01″N 122°01′12″W / 37.4836°N 122.02°W / 37.4836; -122.02



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