Sand Creek (San Diego County, California)

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Sand Creek is a tributary of the San Diego River in San Diego County, California. [1]

San Diego River river in the United States of America

The San Diego River is a river in San Diego County, California. It originates in the Cuyamaca Mountains northwest of the town of Julian, then flows to the southwest until it reaches the El Capitan Reservoir, the largest reservoir in the river's watershed at 112,800 acre feet (139,100,000 m3). Below El Capitan Dam, the river runs west through Santee and San Diego. While passing through Tierrasanta it goes through Mission Trails Regional Park, one of the largest urban parks in America. The river discharges into the Pacific Ocean near the entrance to Mission Bay, forming an estuary.

San Diego County, California County in California, United States

San Diego County is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,095,313. making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is San Diego, the eighth-most populous city in the United States. It is the southwesternmost county in the 48 contiguous United States.

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Oriflamme Canyon is a steep mountain canyon, in San Diego County, California that descends from its head in the Laguna Mountains, at 32°56′41″N116°29′45″W, in an arc northwestward then northeastward to join Rodriguez Canyon at the northwest end of Mason Valley, where Vallecito Wash has its source.

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Hamilton Creek is a tributary stream of Cahuilla Creek,, in Riverside County, California. Its mouth is found in the Anza Valley at an elevation of 3,865 feet / 1,178 meters. Its source is at 33°32′46″N116°34′36″W at an elevation of 4,800 feet on the southwest facing slope of Lookout Mountain in the Santa Rosa Mountains.

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Coordinates: 32°56′46″N116°45′42″W / 32.94611°N 116.76167°W / 32.94611; -116.76167

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