Pit River
The valley of the Pit River in Modoc County
The Pit River is a tributary of the Sacramento River. He is estimated to be 507 km long and is located in northwestern California in the United States. Pit River is the longest tributary of the Sacramento and flows through a sparsely populated volcanic highlands. At the southern end of the Cascade Range, it flows north-east of Redding in an impressive canyon.
Description
It rises through several bifurcations in Modoc County in the northeastern corner of California, west of the Warner Mountains. The South Fork Pit River ( the South Fork, 93 km long) is fed by several small rivers in Jess Valley (21 km ) northeast of Madeline and flows westward through a narrow canyon, then through a mostly wide broad valley, where its at water for irrigation in an extensive canal system is deflected. The North Fork Pit River ( the northern fork with 48 km) is also fed by several small rivers. It flows mainly to SSW. The union of the two bifurcations takes place in Alturas.
The combined flow ( Pit River) flows toward WSW and winds through the Modoc County, past and Canby by the Modoc National Forest in a narrow gorge. He turns his course to the south and flows north into the Lassen County, past Bieber in the Big Valley, a vast area. Just north of Little Valley over he runs to the east, in the north-east of Shasta County, crosses the cascades in a snake-like narrow canyon in the Shasta - Trinity National Forest. He continues to flow past Fall River Mills and reached the Sacramento River on the eastern arm of Lake Shasta, about 24 km north of Redding. The last 24 km of the river now forms the Lake Shasta, which is produced by the Shasta Dam and which then becomes the Sacramento.
In the late 19th century, the area was on the river the scene of the Modoc war. The river is a famous destination for fly fishing.
- River Sacramento River system
- River in North America
- River in California