Sonoma Mountains - Citizendia

Sonoma Mountains
Range
Sonoma Mountain
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sonoma County

Range	California Coast Ranges

Highest point	Sonoma Mountain
- elevation	2,287 ft (697 m)
- coordinates	38°19′23″N 122°34′30″W / 38.32306, -122.575

Length	14 mi (23 km), northwest-southeast

The Sonoma Mountains^[1] are a northwest-southeast trending formation of California Coast Ranges in Sonoma County, California, USA. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U The Coast Ranges of California constitute one of the eleven traditional geomorphic provinces of California. Sonoma Mountain is a prominent Landform within the Sonoma Mountains of southern Sonoma County California. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand The Coast Ranges of California constitute one of the eleven traditional geomorphic provinces of California. Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U ^[2] The range is approximately fourteen miles (22. 5 km) long and separates the Sonoma Creek watershed from the Petaluma River and Tolay Creek watersheds. Sonoma Creek is a Stream in Northern California. It is one of two principal drainages of Southern Sonoma County California, with headwaters rising A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The Petaluma River is a river in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin that becomes a tidal slough near its mouth Tolay Creek is a southward-flowing Stream in southern Sonoma County California, USA. The highest point of this range is Sonoma Mountain, elevation 2,287 ft (697 m)^[3]. Sonoma Mountain is a prominent Landform within the Sonoma Mountains of southern Sonoma County California. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International

Jack London State Historic Park, Crane Creek Regional Park, and the Fairfield Osborn Preserve are all on Sonoma Mountain. Jack London National State Park, also known as Jack London Home and Ranch, is a California State Historic Park near Glen Ellen, California, Crane Creek Regional Park is a Regional park east of Rohnert Park California, U The Fairfield Osborn Preserve is a 411 acre (16 km² Nature reserve situated on the northwest flank of Sonoma Mountain in Sonoma County California A number of threatened and endangered species are found in the Sonoma Mountains including the Fragrant Fritillary, Fritillaria liliacea. Threatened species are any species (including Animals Plants fungi, etc An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation Fritillaria liliacea, commonly known as Fragrant Fritillary, is a Threatened perennial Herb in the Liliaceae family

1 Hydrology
2 References
3 External links
4 See also

Hydrology

Many creeks rise in the Sonoma Mountains. From the northwestern slopes, Copeland Creek and Hinebaugh Creek flow to the Laguna de Santa Rosa, eventually entering the Pacific Ocean just south of Jenner, California. Copeland Creek is a Perennial stream that rises on Sonoma Mountain in Sonoma County California. Hinebaugh Creek (Latitude 3835 Longitude-12273 is a westward-flowing Stream in western Sonoma County within the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed The Laguna de Santa Rosa is a fourteen mile (225 km long Wetland complex that drains a 254-square mile (658-square kilometer watershed encompassing most of The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Jenner is a small coastal town with a population of about 121 in Sonoma County, California, U Matanzas Creek and Spring Creek flow north into Santa Rosa Creek, another tributary of the Laguna. Matanzas Creek is a year-round stream in Sonoma County California, United States, a tributary of Santa Rosa Creek. Spring Creek, in Sonoma County California, USA, is a stream that rises in the northern part of the Sonoma Mountains within Annadel State Santa Rosa Creek is a 22 mile (35 km long Stream in Sonoma County California which rises on Hood Mountain and discharges to the Laguna de Santa

Tributaries of Sonoma Creek rise on the eastern exposures of the Sonoma Mountains: Yulupa Creek, Carriger Creek, Graham Creek, Felder Creek, and Rogers Creek. Sonoma Creek is a Stream in Northern California. It is one of two principal drainages of Southern Sonoma County California, with headwaters rising Yulupa Creek (Latitude 3837917: Longitude -12255167 is a southeast-flowing Perennial stream that rises on the southeastern flanks of the northern Sonoma Mountains Carriger Creek is a Stream Sonoma County California. Southwest of the city of Sonoma California, its name changes to Fowler Creek. Graham Creek (38369ºN 122538ºW is a Perennial stream in Sonoma County California, Tributary to Sonoma Creek. These eventually enter San Pablo Bay south of Sonoma, California. San Pablo Bay is a shallow tidal Estuary that forms the northern extension Sonoma is a historically significant city in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County California, USA.

The southwestern slopes drain to San Pablo Bay by other routes: either Tolay Creek or else some tributary of the Petaluma River such as Lichau Creek, Lynch Creek, or Adobe Creek. San Pablo Bay is a shallow tidal Estuary that forms the northern extension Tolay Creek is a southward-flowing Stream in southern Sonoma County California, USA. The Petaluma River is a river in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin that becomes a tidal slough near its mouth Lichau Creek is a southwest-flowing Stream in Sonoma County California, United States which flows through the town of Penngrove and discharges Adobe Creek is a southward-flowing Stream in Sonoma County California, United States which flows past the historic Rancho Petaluma Adobe

References

^ USGS GNIS: Sonoma Mountains
^ Santa Rosa Quadrangle, Fifteen minute series, USGS Quadrangle Map, U. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC (1958)
^ USGS GNIS: Sonoma Mountain

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Hydrology

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