Whitewater River watershed

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The Whitewater River watershed is a drainage basin in Southern California that collects runoff from the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding ranges, channeling it toward the Coachella Valley and the Salton Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
watershed
climate Mediterranean climate (mountain headwaters)
arid desert climate (lower basin)
contains Cathedral Canyon Wash
Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel
Deep Canyon
Magnesia Spring Canyon
Mission Creek (Riverside County)
Palm Canyon Wash
San Gorgonio River
Snow Creek NERFINISHED
Tahquitz Creek
Thousand Palms Canyon
Whitewater River
containsProtectedArea Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
San Gorgonio Wilderness
Sand to Snow National Monument (portion)
surface form: Sand to Snow National Monument

Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve
country United States of America
surface form: United States
drainsFrom Little San Bernardino Mountains
San Bernardino Mountains
San Jacinto Mountains
drainsTo Coachella Valley
Salton Sea
ecoregion Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion
Mountains of Southern California
surface form: Southern California Mountains ecoregion
hasPrimaryRiver Whitewater River
hydrologicUnitCode 18100200
landUse agriculture
protected wilderness
rangeland
urban development
locatedIn Southern California
majorHazard debris flows
flash flooding
riverine flooding
managingAgency Coachella Valley Water District
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Bureau of Reclamation
surface form: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
mouthLocation Salton Sea
partOf Colorado River Basin
surface form: Colorado River Basin (hydrologic region)

Salton Sea watershed
passesNear Cathedral City
surface form: Cathedral City, California

Coachella, California
Indio, California
La Quinta, California
Palm Desert, California, United States
surface form: Palm Desert, California

Palm Springs, California, United States
surface form: Palm Springs, California
passesThrough Coachella Valley
primaryPrecipitationSource orographic snowfall
summer monsoonal thunderstorms
winter frontal storms
region Colorado Desert
Inland Empire
sourceRegion San Bernardino National Forest NERFINISHED
San Gorgonio Wilderness
state California, United States
surface form: California
waterUses agricultural drainage
groundwater recharge
stormwater conveyance
treated wastewater conveyance

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Mount San Gorgonio drainage Whitewater River watershed
Whitewater River (California) partOf Whitewater River watershed
San Gorgonio Pass drainageBasin Whitewater River watershed
this entity surface form: Whitewater River basin (east side)
Old Greyback drainageTo Whitewater River watershed
East Fork Whitewater River partOf Whitewater River watershed
this entity surface form: Whitewater River system
East Fork Whitewater River drainageBasin Whitewater River watershed
this entity surface form: Whitewater River basin