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Mad River (California)
River in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mad River (Wiyot: Baduwa't[4]) is a river in upper Northern California. It flows for 113 miles (182 km)[3] in a roughly northwest direction through Trinity County and then Humboldt County, draining a 497-square-mile (1,290 km2) watershed into the Pacific Ocean north of the town of Arcata near [California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport[5]] in McKinleyville. The river's headwaters are in the Coast Range near South Kelsey Ridge.
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![]() The Mad River about 4 miles (6.4 km) above the mouth | |
![]() Map of the Mad River watershed | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Counties | Humboldt, Trinity |
City | McKinleyville |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | California Coast Ranges |
• coordinates | 40°12′20″N 123°9′23″W[1] |
• elevation | 4,845 ft (1,477 m)[2] |
Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 40°56′31″N 124°8′6″W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 113 mi (182 km)[3] |
Basin size | 497 sq mi (1,290 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | McKinleyville |
• average | 1,573 cu ft/s (44.5 m3/s) |
• minimum | 17 cu ft/s (0.48 m3/s) |
• maximum | 81,000 cu ft/s (2,300 m3/s) |
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Tributaries | |
• left | South Fork Mad River, Blue Slide Creek, Littlefield Creek |
• right | Barry Creek, Pilot Creek, Bug Creek, Graham Creek, Boulder Creek, Maple Creek, Canõn Creek, North Fork Mad River, Lindsay Creek, Mill Creek |
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