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The Los Angeles River ( Spanish: Río de Los Ángeles ), historically known as Paayme Paxaayt 'West River' by the Tongva and the Río Porciúncula 'Porciúncula River' by the Spanish, is a major river in Los Angeles County, California. Its headwaters are in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and it flows nearly 51 miles (82 km) from ...
Los Angeles River flooding in 1903. The Los Angeles River flowed clear and fresh all year, supporting 45 Tongva villages in the area. The source of the river was the aquifer under the San Fernando Valley, supplied with water from the surrounding mountains.
Downey Railroad Bridge: Metrolink Antelope Valley Line & Ventura County Line, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner & Coast Starlight (2 Tracks); future California High-Speed Rail - Burbank to Los Angeles section. Dayton Avenue Bridge carrying Riverside Drive. 1939. (demolished 2015) Riverside Drive and Los Angeles River Greenway Trail. 2017.
Mermentau River. Mississippi River. Natalbany River. New River. Old River (Natchitoches Parish) Old River (Louisiana), in Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes. Old River (Sabine River tributary) Ouachita River. Ouiski Chitto Creek.
The Los Angeles River or L.A. River, flows for nearly 48 miles (77 km) within Los Angeles County, in Southern California. Its course runs from mountains in the Transverse Ranges system to the Pacific Ocean. The river starts in the Simi Hills and Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains, enters a concrete channel and flows through the San ...
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. Status. open. The Los Angeles River Center and Gardens is a public park located in Cypress Park, Los Angeles, near the confluence of the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco. [1] Los Angeles River Center and Gardens is noted for its Mission Revival architecture hacienda-style grounds.
The Sabine River ( / səˈbiːn /) is a 360-mile (580 km) long river [5] [6] in the Southern U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana, [3] From the 32nd parallel north and downstream, it serves as part of the boundary between the two states and empties into Sabine Lake, an estuary of the Gulf of Mexico . Over the first half of the 19th century, the ...
The Río de la Plata behaves as an estuary in which freshwater and seawater mix. The freshwater comes principally from the Paraná River (one of the world's longest rivers and La Plata's main tributary) as well as from the Uruguay River and other smaller streams. Currents in the Río de la Plata are dominated by tides reaching to its sources ...