Salmon River (California) | |
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![]() Salmon River, California above the Wooley Creek confluence. | |
![]() Salmon River watershed (Interactive map) | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of North and South Forks |
• location | Forks of Salmon |
• coordinates | 41°15′24″N 123°19′24″W / 41.25667°N 123.32333°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,180 ft (360 m) |
Mouth | Klamath River |
• location | Somes Bar |
• coordinates | 41°22′39″N 123°29′36″W / 41.37750°N 123.49333°W[1] |
• elevation | 466 ft (142 m)[1] |
Length | 19.6 mi (31.5 km)[2] |
Basin size | 751 sq mi (1,950 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Somes Bar, near mouth[3] |
• average | 1,792 cu ft/s (50.7 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 97.5 cu ft/s (2.76 m3/s) |
• maximum | 133,000 cu ft/s (3,800 m3/s) |
Designated | January 19, 1981 |
The Salmon River is a 19.6-mile-long (31.5 km)[2] tributary to the Klamath River in western Siskiyou County, California.