Russian River (California)

Russian River Slavyanka River Rio San Ygnacio, Rio San Ignacio[1]
The estuary of the Russian River, north of Bodega Bay
Native name	Ashokawna, Bidapte (Southern Pomo)
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sonoma County, Mendocino County
Cities	Ukiah, Healdsburg
Physical characteristics
Source	Laughlin Range
• location	5 mi (8 km) east of Willits, California
• coordinates	39°23′0″N 123°14′18″W / 39.38333°N 123.23833°W / 39.38333; -123.23833[2]
• elevation	1,960 ft (600 m)[3]
Mouth	Pacific Ocean
• location	Jenner, California
• coordinates	38°27′2″N 123°7′46″W / 38.45056°N 123.12944°W / 38.45056; -123.12944[2]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	115 mi (185 km)[4]
Basin size	1,485 sq mi (3,850 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Guerneville[5]
• average	2,261 cu ft/s (64.0 m3/s)[5]
• minimum	0.75 cu ft/s (0.021 m3/s)
• maximum	102,000 cu ft/s (2,900 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Mark West Creek, Maacama Creek, Green Valley Creek, Big Sulphur Creek
• right	Dry Creek, Austin Creek, Fife Creek

v t e Russian River
Legend
River source Corral Creek Fisher Creek Mariposa Creek Rocky Creek Redwood Valley Salt Hollow Creek Forsythe Creek Lake Van Arsdale Eel River transfers Potter Valley SR 20 Calpella York Creek Lake Mendocino East Fork confluence Hensley Creek Howard Creek Ackerman Creek Sulphur Creek Orrs Creek Ukiah SR 222 Talmage Robinson Creek Howell Creek Morrison Creek Parsons Creek McNab Creek Crawford Creek Dooley Creek SR 175 Hopland Feliz Creek US 101 Pieta Creek Frog Woman Rock Commisky Creek Edwards Creek US 101 Ash Creek Oat Valley Creek Big Sulphur Creek Cloverdale Cloverdale Creek Porterfield Creek Icaria Creek Barrelli Creek Crocker Creek Gill Creek Asti SR 128 Geyserville Miller Creek Peterson Creek Gird Creek Alexander Valley Road Sausal Creek Maacama Creek Lake Sonoma Northwestern Pacific RR Healdsburg US 101 Healdsburg Dry Creek Riverfront Regional Park Porter Creek Wohler Road Mark West Creek Green Valley Creek River Road Hobson Creek Korbel Rio Nido SR 116 Guerneville Pocket Canyon Fife Creek Livereau Creek Hulbert Creek Smith Creek Monte Rio Dutch Bill Creek Austin Creek Duncans Mills Freezeout Creek Orrs Creek Sheephouse Creek Willow Creek SR 1 Jenner Goat Rock Beach

The Russian River (Southern Pomo: Ashokawna, Spanish: Río Ruso) is a southward-flowing river that drains 1,485 sq mi (3,850 km²)^[4] of Sonoma and Mendocino counties in Northern California. With an annual average discharge of approximately 1,600,000 acre feet (2.0 km³),^[6] it is the second-largest river (after the Sacramento River) flowing through the nine-county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, with a mainstem 115 mi (185 km) long.