by CoastView | Oct 13, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Gualala River flows into the Pacific Ocean at the community of Gualala where the river represents the combined flow of three tributaries that start from elevations near 1,800 feet (550 m) in the Coast Range and drain a watershed of 190,719 acres (77,181 ha), about 92...
by CoastView | Jul 20, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
The Salinas River starts in the central California Coast Ranges and drains a watershed of 2.7 million acres (1 million ha), flowing 175 miles (282 km) generally northwest to Monterey Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) north-northeast of Monterey and 3 miles (5 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 16, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Oso Flaco Creek drains a watershed of approximately 7,400 acres (2,995 ha) consisting mostly of agricultural land before forming Oso Flaco Lake, now part of the Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, and then flows into the Pacific Ocean, and about...
by CoastView | Jan 16, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Freshwater, Glaciers, Historical
Yale Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in College Fjord of Prince William Sound that starts at an elevation of 9,270 feet (2,826 m) between Mount Cardozo and Mount Einstein in the Chugach Mountains and flows generally southwest for 17 miles (27 km) to Yale Arm,...
by CoastView | Jan 11, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Lobos Creek is a stream in the Presidio of San Francisco that drains urban runoff and underground springs, and flows intermittently west for 1 mile (1.6 km) from near Mountain Lake to the Pacific Ocean between Baker Beach and China Beach, about 5 miles (8 km) west of...
by CoastView | Jan 7, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Cowichan Bay is a community situated on the south shore of an estuary shared by the Cowichan and Koksilah Rivers that form an extensive tidal flat on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, about 26 miles (42 km) north-northwest of Victoria and 4 miles (6 km)...