East Fork of West Fork Mojave River

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East Fork of West Fork Mojave River is a tributary stream of the West Fork Mojave River, itself a tributary of the Mojave River, in the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County, California. Its mouth originally was at its confluence with the West Fork Mojave River which is now submerged under Lake Silverwood . It now lies at an elevation of 3,376 feet / 1,029 meters at its confluence with that lake. The source of the East Fork is at 34°15′11″N117°14′24″W / 34.25306°N 117.24000°W / 34.25306; -117.24000 at an elevation of 5,500 feet in Twin Peaks, California. [1]

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West Fork Mojave River is a tributary stream of the Mojave River in the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County, California. Its mouth lies at an elevation of 2,986 feet / 910 meters at its confluence with Deep Creek, together the source of the Mojave River. The source of the West Fork is at 34°15′52″N117°24′01″W at an elevation of 4,960 feet, on the north side of a saddle between summits on a ridge running west northwest of Sugarpine Mountain. Sawpit Canyon Creek and East Fork of West Fork Mojave River are its tributaries, both of which now feed into Silverwood Lake that was created when the West Fork was obstructed by the Cedar Springs Dam in 1971.

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Coordinates: 34°16′35″N117°19′02″W / 34.27639°N 117.31722°W / 34.27639; -117.31722

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