Tenaja Canyon Creek

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Tenaja Canyon Creek[1]
Tenaja Canyon
SanMateoCreekArroyoSanOnofre.jpg
Map of San Mateo Creek and Arroyo San Onofre drainage basins. San Mateo Creek basin is in dark green.
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionRiverside County
Physical characteristics
Sourceat the head of , at the confluence of arroyos from , Redonda Mesa and Squaw Mountain highlands.
 • coordinates33��30′23″N 117°21′51″W / 33.50639°N 117.36417°W / 33.50639; -117.36417
 • elevation1,875 ft (572 m)
Mouthconfluence with San Mateo Creek near
 • coordinates
33°31′46″N 117°24′32″W / 33.52944°N 117.40889°W / 33.52944; -117.40889Coordinates: 33°31′46″N 117°24′32″W / 33.52944°N 117.40889°W / 33.52944; -117.40889
 • elevation
1,112 ft (339 m)
Length3.5 mi (5.6 km)
Discharge 
 • locationPacific Ocean
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightunnamed arroyo from Squaw Mountain highlands, unnamed arroyo from Squaw Mountain highlands

Tenaja Canyon Creek, a stream or arroyo, tributary to San Mateo Creek, in the Cleveland National Forest in Riverside County, California. Its source is at an altitude of 1875 feet. The creek has its source at the confluence of arroyos from , Redonda Mesa and Squaw Mountain highlands.[2] and it flows northwestward 3+1⁄2 miles down to its mouth and its confluence near , at an elevation of 1112 feet with San Mateo Creek.[3][4] The word may refer to the arroyo El Portero del Tenaja or to the topographic structure.

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tenaja Canyon Creek
  2. ^ Tenaja Canyon Creek (source), USGS Map Name: Wildomar, CA, Map Center: N33° 30' 18" W117° 21' 46" from topoquest.com accessed on 5/11/2013
  3. ^ Tenaja Canyon, California (mouth), USGS Map Name: Sitton Peak, CA' Map Center: N33° 31' 46" W117° 24' 32", from topoquest.com accessed on 5/11/2013
  4. ^ Beatrice Dawson Wood, Gazetteer of Surface Waters of California, Pacific Coast Basins and Great Basin, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1913, p.217


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