The Stockton Arch is a geologic feature underlying the Central Valley in California in the vicinity of the delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, near the city of Stockton. The Central Valley is a large flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Sacramento River is the longest River entirely within the U The San Joaquin River ( 330 miles (530 km long is the second-longest River in California, United States. Stockton is a City in California and the seat of San Joaquin County (the fifth largest agricultural county in the United States The Stockton Arch is an upwarping of the crust beneath the thick sediments of the Central Valley, and is regarded as the subsurface separation between the Sacramento River basin and the San Joaquin River basin.
References
- The Cenozoic Evolution of the San Joaquin Valley, California, by J. A. Bartow, published by the U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper #1501 (1991)