Little Cholame Creek

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| name = Little Cholame Creek

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| image = little-cholame-creek.jpg

| image_caption = Little Cholame Creek at crossing over San Andreas Fault

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Little Cholame Creek in California

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = California

| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = Monterey County

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| subdivision_type5 = City

| subdivision_name5 = Parkfield, California

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| source1 = On the southern flank of an unnamed peak in the southern part of the Diablo Range

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| source1_coordinates= {{coord|35|59|13|N|120|31|09|W|display=inline}}{{cite gnis |id=244906 |name=Little Cholame Creek}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|2690|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Parkfield, California

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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|1560|ft|abbr=on}}

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| tributaries_left = Reason Mountain, Pine Canyon Creek, Joaquin Canyon Creek

| tributaries_right = Middle Mountain Ridge

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Little Cholame Creek is a perennial stream in southeastern Monterey County, California, United States. The headwaters rise from an unnamed peak {{convert|2|mi|km|0|lk=off|abbr=off}} southwest of Reason Mountain, in the southern part of the Diablo Range. From there, the creek flows southeast along Parkfield-Coalinga Road, before reaching confluence with Cholame Creek.

History

"Cholame" is a Yokuts Native American word meaning "the beautiful one". The creek runs through the northern part of Cholame Valley, along Parkfield-Coalinga Road, and on through the small town of Parkfield before crossing the San Andreas Fault and merging with Cholame Creek.

See also

References

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{{cite web

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| title = Cholame Creek Watershed

| url = http://www.us-ltrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Cholame-Cholame-Creek-Watershed.pdf

| author = Upper Salinas Las Tablas Resource Conservation District

| accessdate = 2017-08-10

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