Summary: The American River Watershed

The American River is the second biggest tributary to the Sacramento Stream, a basic part of the San Francisco Inlet/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta framework. The Lower segment of the American River Watershed starts at Folsom Dam and flows around 30 miles to its intersection with the Sacramento River close downtown Sacramento. The watershed size is around 4856 square kilometers with a watershed length of 48.3 kilometers. The normal yearly precipitation is around 76cm.The Folsom Dam, which is inside the watershed creates Folsom Lake, which gives surge protection to the Sacramento region; water supplies for irrigation system, residential and industrial uses; hydropower; recreational ; and support of streams stipulated to protect fish and aquatic life.
The Lower American River Watershed is significant to the locale and beyond, with more than 40 types of local and nonnative fish recorded in the stream, including fall-run Chinook salmon and steelhead. Despite the fact that the stream goes through the profoundly urbanized Sacramento territory, the River is cradled by the 48.2 kilometer long American River buffer, which keeps running from Folsom to the Sacramento Stream intersection close Old Sacramento. Water quality is thought to be great. Areas that makes up the lower American Watershed incorporates Placer, El Dorado, Sutter, and