Tiltill Creek

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Tiltill Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of California. [1] It empties into the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. [1] Tiltill Creek is entirely within Yosemite National Park. [1]

"Tiltill" is a name derived from a Native American language meaning "tarweed". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tiltill Creek
  2. Sullivan, Ron (December 7, 2002). "Roots of native names". SFGate. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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