San Joaquin River

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river

The San Joaquin River is a major river in central California that flows through the San Joaquin Valley and supports extensive agricultural, ecological, and water supply systems before joining the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta.

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Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
basinArea	about 12,000 square miles → about 32,000 square kilometers →
basinCountry	United States →
connectedTo	California Aqueduct (via associated projects and diversions) →
country	United States →
crosses	San Joaquin Valley floor →
emptiesInto	Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta →
environmentalIssue	fish habitat loss → reduced flows due to diversions → water quality degradation →
flowsThrough	Fresno County, California → Fresno, California metropolitan area → Madera County, California → Merced County, California → San Joaquin County, California → San Joaquin Valley → Stanislaus County, California → near Stockton, California →
hasDam	Friant Dam →
hasEstuary	part of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta estuary →
hasTributary	Merced River → Mokelumne River → Stanislaus River → Tuolumne River →
historicallyInhabitedBy	Chinook salmon → steelhead trout →
length	about 227 miles → about 366 kilometers →
locatedIn	Central California →
mouth	Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta →
mouthLocation	Contra Costa County, California →
namedAfter	San Joaquín (Saint Joachim) →
partOf	California water supply system → Sacramento–San Joaquin River system →
region	California Central Valley →
reservoirCreatedByDam	Millerton Lake →
sourceLocation	Ansel Adams Wilderness → Madera County, California → Sierra Nevada →
state	California →
subjectOf	San Joaquin River Restoration Program →
supports	extensive agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley → riparian habitats → wetland ecosystems →
tributary	Kings River (via distributary and historical connection) → Merced River → Mokelumne River → Stanislaus River → Tuolumne River →
usedFor	hydroelectric power generation → irrigation → municipal water supply → recreation →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Merced River → Tuolumne River →	tributaryOf
Central Valley Project ("San Joaquin River Basin") →	basin
Fresno County →	contains
John Muir Wilderness ("San Joaquin River headwaters") →	containsFeature
Central Valley →	drainedBy
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta →	formedByRiver
San Joaquin County →	hasMajorRiver
Fresno →	hasRiver
Sierra National Forest →	hasWatercourse
San Pablo Bay →	inflow
Madera County ("San Joaquin River watershed") →	locatedInRegion
Stockton →	locatedOnWaterbody
Central California →	majorRiver
Sierra Nevada →	majorRiverSource
Kings River →	majorTributaryOf
Merced River →	mouth
Tuolumne River →	mouthLocatedIn
Suisun Bay →	mouthOfWatercourse
San Joaquin County →	namedAfter
Tuolumne River ("San Joaquin River watershed") →	partOf
Suisun Bay →	receivesInflowFrom
San Francisco Bay →	receivesWaterFrom