Trinity River (California)

Catchment area ( yellow) of the Trinity River (dark blue)

The Trinity River is a river in the north of the U.S. state of California.

It rises near the crest in the southern Klamath Mountains and flows west to the Pacific Ocean from. The river is dammed lake in the two reservoirs Trinity Lake and immediately below lying, smaller Lewiston and ends after 209 km (130 miles) in the Klamath River, the main tributary he is.

At the upper reaches of the Trinity River in 1849 found and exploited gold as part of the California Gold Rush. The Trinity River is rich in fish, including the rare king salmon and steelhead trout that spawn as so-called anadromous migratory fish in fresh water, but the majority of her life living in the ocean.

Today the river is a popular spot for canoeing, in the upper sections of whitewater paddling, hiking along the lower reaches of water. 1981, the Trinity River was reported below the reservoirs as a National Wild and Scenic River and thus protected from further obstruction.

The last 20 km of the river and its estuary are in the reservation of Hoopa Indians.