Pajaro River

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The Pajaro River is a river on California’s Central Coast that drains agricultural valleys and coastal ranges before emptying into Monterey Bay.

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Label Occurrences
Pajaro River canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
drains agricultural valleys
coastal ranges
ecoregion California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion
surface form: California coastal sage and chaparral

California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion
surface form: California interior chaparral and woodlands
emptiesInto Monterey Bay
flowsInto Pacific Ocean
flowsThrough Monterey County NERFINISHED
San Benito County NERFINISHED
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County, California
surface form: Santa Cruz County
formsBorderBetween Monterey County NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz County, California
surface form: Santa Cruz County
hasEstuary Pajaro River estuary
hasFloodRisk high
hasLandUseInBasin intensive agriculture
rangeland
urban development
knownFor flooding of adjacent agricultural lands
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Central Coast of California
monitoredBy United States Geological Survey
mouthElevation 0 meters
mouthLocatedIn Monterey Bay
nameLanguage Spanish
nameMeaning bird
partOf Monterey Bay watershed
surface form: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary watershed
passesNear Pajaro, California
Watsonville, California
region Monterey Bay watershed
sourceLocatedIn Santa Clara County
sourceRegion Diablo Range
subjectTo flood-control projects
tributary Carneros Creek (Monterey County)
Chittenden Creek
Corralitos Creek
Furlong Creek NERFINISHED
Llagas Creek NERFINISHED
Pajaro River Slough
Pescadero Creek (Santa Cruz County)
Salsipuedes Creek NERFINISHED
San Benito River
Sargent Creek NERFINISHED
Tres Pinos Creek
Uvas Creek
usedFor agricultural drainage
irrigation

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Gabilan Range drainageTo Pajaro River