Big Kimshew Creek
Big Kimshew Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Table Mountain |
Mouth | |
• location | West Branch Feather River |
Length | 11 miles (18 km) |
Basin size | 27 square miles (70 km2) |
Discharge | |
• average | 200 cubic feet per second (5.7 m3/s) |
Big Kimshew Creek is a stream in northern California in the United States, some 11 miles (18 km) long. It flows generally SSW from its headwaters in the Lassen National Forest of the Sierra Nevada into the West Branch Feather River, a tributary of the Feather River, a major Northern California river system.
The creek is known for its whitewater rapids and waterfalls. Its discharge fluctuates dramatically between spring snowmelt and the autumn, ranging from 10 to 1,000 cubic feet per second (0.28 to 28.32 m3/s).
Geography[]
The creek rises in a meadow 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Table Mountain in the southern extreme of the national forest. It flows south into a gorge, receiving Keyser Creek from the right, and Little Kimshew Creek from the left shortly after. At the Little Kimshew confluence it turns west, then again southwest, through a valley over 1,200 feet (370 m) deep. It is joined by Little Rock Creek just above the confluence with the West Branch Feather. The creek's mouth is situated about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Stirling City.
External links[]
- Rivers of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Rivers of Butte County, California
- Tributaries of the Feather River
- Rivers of Northern California
- Rivers of the Sierra Nevada in California
- Butte County, California geography stubs
- California river stubs