| Carmel River | |
|---|---|
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:CarmelRiverVentanaWildernessNearSulphurSprings.jpg) Carmel River in the Ventana Wilderness | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Location of the mouth of the Carmel River in California | |
| Native name | tirus ua čorx (Southern Ohlone) (Rumsen language) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Santa Lucia Mountains |
| • coordinates | 36°19′05″N 121°38′44″W / 36.318018°N 121.645501°W |
| • elevation | 4,120 ft (1,260 m)[3] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 36°32′10″N 121°55′41″W / 36.536072°N 121.928010°W |
• elevation | Sea level |
| Length | 36 mi (58 km) |
| Basin size | 256 sq mi (660 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pine Creek, San Clemente Creek, Las Garzas Creek |
| • right | Carmel River-Miller Fork, Cachagua Creek, Tularcitos Creek |
The Carmel River (Rumsen: tirus ua čorx)[4] is a 41 mi (66 km)[5] river on the Central Coast of California in Monterey County that originates in the Ventana Wilderness of the Santa Lucia Mountains.[3] The river flows northwest through Carmel Valley with its mouth at the Pacific Ocean south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, at Carmel Bay. The Carmel River is considered the northern boundary of Big Sur, the other boundaries being San Carpóforo Creek and the Pacific coastline.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Guddewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bancroft, Hubert H. (1884). History of California, 7 volumes. Vol. 1. San Francisco, California: A.L. Bancroft and Company. p. 170, note 7.
- ^ a b "Carmel River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ R. F. Heizer (December 5, 1952). "The Mission Indian Vocabularies of Alphonse Pinart" (PDF). University of California Anthropological Records. 15 (1): 1–84. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 20, 2021
- ^ Paul Henson; Donald J. Usner; Valerie A. Kells (1996). The Natural History of Big Sur. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 1–416. ISBN 9780520205109.