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Creeks afford interesting exploration opportunities. Several segments of our local creeks are particularly worthy of exploration: the water flowing in it, the creek bed and the banks. In addition to the creek itself, the vegetation along creek banks and the uplands immediately beyond the top of the banks provide interesting areas to explore. And of course, there are the animals that use the habitat and call the Creeks of Salinas home. There is a parking lot there for explorers to begin their hikes up the watershed.
And the City and various groups conduct educational programs in this area. Please Contact Us if you would like to be part of a creek clean- up, stormdrain stenciling, creek fair or participate in other stormwater activities Learn More. It flows north-northwest through the Salinas Valley were it replenishes groundwater reserves, called aquifers.
Groundwater is the principle source of domestic drinking water and agricultural irrigation water for Salinas and communities up and down the valley. We all live in a watershed. A watershed is all the land area, including manmade and natural surfaces, that contribute water flow to the nearest waterway.
Water travels from the highest points of a watershed to the lowest points, eventually to the ocean. The Mission San Antonio de Padua was established during this same time period in the Salinas Valley, but not on the river itself. These three missions were a part of the chain of 21 missions, then commissioned by the Spanish government in Alta California, now the U. State of California. All three of the Salinas Valley missions remain intact to this day, the Soledad mission having evolved into the City of Soledad, and the San Miguel mission having evolved into the unincorporated village of San Miguel.
Army garrison. The mission era ended with the American seizure of California from Mexico. The City of Monterey, about 10 miles south of the mouth of the Salinas at that time , was the capital city of Alta California, and the site of the 7 July invasion by American warships, commanded by Admiral J. As a result of the San Francisco earthquake, the river mouth at Monterey Bay was diverted 6 miles south from an area between Moss Landing and Watsonville to a new channel just north of Marina.
The historic increase in agriculture and settlement in the area, and the related increased water consumption demands have had a significant impact on the Salinas River. One of the party members, Father Crespi, then proposed that the salinas river might be a different river, and that it should therefore be given a new name, however he appears to have been over-ruled by the other members of his party at the time.
The first agreed upon name for the river, as it subsequently appeared on many Spanish and Mexican maps, was Rio de Monterey , presumably being named after the newly founded nearby town of Monterey, the capital of Alta California. The earliest recorded use of this name for the river was a reference made by Fr.
Pedro Font on 4 March This name continued in use as late as After the American annexation of the area, it was renamed the Salinas River. The river was apparently renamed as the "Salinas" river by an American cartographer in , ten years after the American seizure of Alta California from Mexico.
In the newer name "Salinas" first appeared on an American-made map as the Rio Salinas , most probably so renamed after the nearby American-founded town of Salinas, which in turn appears to have first been named in after the old Rancho Las Salinas land grant, parts of which included the city. The river begins in southern San Luis Obispo County, approximately 2. The only dam situated directly on the Salinas Ri…. Map Hotels Places. Hydrology In when the river was first discovered by non-Native peoples via the Portola expedition, it was reported by them as being a "river watering a luxuriant plain" filled with fish weighing.
History Hypothesized geological history The geological history of the ancient Salinas River is currently held by tectonic plate theory to most probably be rather unique among the many rivers of the western North American seaboard: The shifting position of the raised section of the Pacific Plate that the river flows through was in ancient times aligned with the North American Plate at a point far south of its present location.
Prehistory People first appeared along the California coast — approximately 13, years ago, during the latter part of the Pleistocene epoch. Mission era The Salinas river was first sighted by European settlers on 27 September Peregrine Falcon, Salina….
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