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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rising River
- ↑ Gudde, Erwin Gustav (1960). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 3. GGKEY:403N5Z6QERG.
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