Stanislaus River
The Knights Ferry covered bridge over the Stanislaus River at Knights Ferry
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The Stanislaus River in California is a right-side tributary of the San Joaquin River with a length of 105 km. His three source arms North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork spring in the Sierra Nevada, north of the Yosemite National Park. The Stanislaus River has been heavily engineered as part of the Central Valley Project and is used for drinking water supply, irrigation of arable land and the electricity dammed several times. The most important village on the Oakdale is on the lower reaches.
The river is named after the Indian leader Estanislao, who protested in 1828 against the Zwangsumsiedelungen in which the Mexican government forced Coastanoans designated as Indians of various nations in the area around San Jose. Estanislao, a Yokut led a small group of insurgent Indians on the lower reaches of the river, where they built a fortified village with palisades. The following year they were subjected by soldiers from the Presidio in San Francisco, Estanislao escaped and was pardoned a few years later.
After the confluence of the Stanislaus National Forest, a national forest around the upper reaches, and the Stanislaus County are named.
Hydraulic
North Fork and South Fork unite a few miles upstream of New Melones Lake, during the Middle Fork of the North Fork flows a few miles before. The Stanislaus River is strongly affected by impoundments and water discharges. The Donnells Dam on the Middle Fork forms the Donell Lake in the highlands of the Sierra Nevada. Effluent is the Beardsley Dam, which dams up the river to Beardsley Lake. The McKays ' Point Diversion Dam diverts water of the North Fork to power generation and drinking water supply. The New Melones Dam impounds Stanislaus River after his three source rivers have united. Below the New Melones Lake the Tulloch Dam, which forms the reservoir Tulloch, and Goodwin Dam is 37 ° 51 ' 46 "N, 120 ° 37' 47" located W37.862777777778 - 120.62972222222. The latter is the first major barrier for anadromous fish in the Stanislaus River. In fact, lived in historical past in the Stanislaus River, a large population of king salmon ( McEwan 1996; Yoshiyama 1996), which was extinguished with the construction of the Goodwin Dam. Northwest of the Modesto Stanislaus River flows eventually into the San Joaquin River. The estuary is due to the watering a wine region under the name River Junction AVA.