Owens River course
{{For|land points near this watercourse|Owens River|Owens Valley}}
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| image_caption = The Owens River course begins (top left) as Deadman Creek, and the river designation begins where the [http://www.friendsoftheinyo.org/foi/node/32 Big Springs tributary] enters the Deadman Creek channel.{{Rp|89,108,113}}
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File:Owens-river-diversion-gates.jpg
The Owens River course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake. The river drains the Crowley Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of {{convert|1900|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of {{convert|1340|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units |url=http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc_name.html |publisher=USGS.gov |accessdate=2010-06-07}}
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|+valign=top style="background:silver" | Owens River course |
| wikiarticle for point
! description of point ! elevation & coordinates |
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| Sierra Crest
| headwaters ([http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=152690 San Joaquin Mountain] summit){{Rp|113}} | {{convert|11555|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{coord|37|43|09|N|119|6|21|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
| Deadman Creek
| watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit) | {{convert|10794|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{coord|37|43|12|N|119|5|58|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
| Sierra Escarpment
| watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| Glass Creek
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| lower montane forest
| exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area | {{convert|9000|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
| Big Springs
| confluence (river designation) | {{convert|7248|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=USGS Elevation Web Service Query |url=http://gisdata.usgs.gov/xmlwebservices2/elevation_service.asmx?op=getElevation |publisher=United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2010-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527154911/http://gisdata.usgs.gov/XMLWebServices2/Elevation_Service.asmx?op=getElevation |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }} 'Specific queries:
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| Long Valley
| enters valley | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| Basin & Range ecoregion
| enters bitterbrush/sagebrush-dominated area{{Rp|26}} | {{convert|7000|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| rowspan=7 |Long Valley Caldera
| enters volcanic region of Walker Lane | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| stream gauge prior to tunnel {{convert|76|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}, 350/150 spring/winter{{Rp|67,108}}
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| -{{convert|16|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} outflow into Mono Craters tunnel (1941-1989 inflow){{Rp|67,70}} |
| exits Inyo National Forest
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| exits Inaja Ranch{{Rp|89}} |
| confluence, Hot Creek{{Rp|47}}
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| Benton Crossing{{Rp|89}} |
| rowspan=8 | Crowley Lake
| enters reservoir |
| confluence, Convict Creek (west side)
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| confluence, Hilton Creek (south side)
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| inflow of water diverted from Rock Creek:12
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| confluence, Whiskey Creek (south)
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| confluence, Crooked Creek (south)
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| -{{convert|16|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}{{Cite web |last=Kenny |first=Joe |date=July 2000 |title=Owens Gorge Rewatering Project |url=http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/lahontan/publications_forms/available_documents/e_o_reports/2000/july.shtml |work=Executive Officer's Report |accessdate=2010-07-13}} diversion (hydroelectric pipeline to Pleasant V Reservoir){{cite web |title=Owens River and the Los Angeles Aqueduct |url=http://ca.water.usgs.gov/owens/report/hydro_system_2surface.html |work=Evaluation of the Hydrologic System and Selected Water-Management Alternatives in the Owens Valley, California |accessdate=2010-07-13 |quote=a 96- to 108-inch pipeline (penstock) that connects Lake Crowley in the Long Valley with the Pleasant Valley Reservoir}}
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| Long Valley Dam (exits caldera & {{convert|380|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} Long Hydrologic Unit)
| {{convert|6783|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{coord|37|35|17|N|118|42|25|W|type:waterbody_region:US}} |
| rowspan=8 |Owens River Gorge
| stream gauge at main weir (downstream of dam){{Rp|74}} | |
| re-enters Inyo National Forest
| {{Specify|date=June 2010}}{{coord|37|35|21|N|118|41|58|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
| exits Mono County, enters Inyo County{{Cite web |title=Owens River–Los Angeles Aqueduct system... |url=http://ca.water.usgs.gov/owens/report/pdfs/owens_figure11.pdf |work=ca.water.usgs.gov |accessdate=2010-07-13}}
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| exits Inyo National Forest
| {{Specify|date=June 2010}}{{coord|37|35|17|N|118|42|25|W|region:US_type:landmark}} |
| confluence, Lower Rock Creek
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| enters Pleasant Valley Reservoir
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| reservoir dam (Middle Owens River begins){{cite web |title=Appendix T. Hydrologic Characteristics of the Owens River Basin below the Upper Owens River |url=http://www.monobasinresearch.org/images/mbeir/dappendix/app-t-text.pdf |publisher=MonoBasinResearch.org|accessdate=2010-06-14 |quote=The Middle Owens River is the segment between Pleasant Valley Reservoir and the Los Angeles Aqueduct (LA Aqueduct) intake downstream of Tinemaha Reservoir.}}{{Rp|T-2}}
| {{Specify|date=June 2010}}{{coord|37|24|53|N|118|31|28|W|type:waterbody_region:US}} |
| rowspan=2 |enters valley at exit of gorge{{cite web |last=Wilerson |first=Gregg |year=2007 |title=Roadside Geology and Mining History: Owens Valley and Mono Basin |url=http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/bakersfield/geology.Par.56332.File.dat/ovm07_guidebook.pdf |page=40 |accessdate=2010-06-14 |quote=On December 6, 2006 the LA Department of Water and Power was ordered to divert 5% of the annual flow of the Owens River out of the aqueduct and back into Owens Gorge to support the trout fishery. |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614224852/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/bakersfield/geology.Par.56332.File.dat/ovm07_guidebook.pdf |archivedate=June 14, 2011 }}
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| Round Valley
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| Horton Creek
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| Owens Valley
| exits Round Valley,{{Rp|4}} enters Owens Valley | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| Spring Valley Wash
| confluence | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| McNally canals
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| Fish Slough
| confluence | |
| US 6
| bridge | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| Laws Ditch
| inflow north of Bishop, California | |
| Bishop Creek
| confluence | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| Big Pine canal
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| Fish Springs canal
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| A-drain
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| Big Pine Creek
| confluence | {{convert|3916|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{coord|37|10|22|N|118|15|34|W|type:waterbody_region:US}} |
| rowspan=3 |Tinemaha Reservoir
| gauge station at inflow | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| confluence, Tinemaha Creek (west side)
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| outlet at dam
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| Owens Lake Watershed
| exits Crowley Lake Watershed | {{Specify|date=June 2010}} |
| LA Aqueduct
| {{convert|325|ft|m|adj=on}} diversion weir [https://web.archive.org/web/20101027203503/http://www.slideshare.net/Aquafornia/picture-tour-of-la-aqueduct-2632466] (Lower Owens River begins){{Rp|T-2}} | {{Specify|date=June 2010}}{{coord|36|58|32|N|118|12|38|W|type:waterbody_region:US}} |
| SR 136
| stream gauge & pumpback station at Keeler Bridge | {{Specify|date=June 2010}}{{coord|36|34|28|N|118|0|40|W|type:waterbody_region:US}} |
| Owens Lake
| mouth | {{convert|3556|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{coord|36|26|0|N|117|57|3|W|type:waterbody_region:US}} |
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|image1=[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb8q2nb5f0/ Long Valley Dam site]
|image2=[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/fault/93.html Hilton Creek fault]
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Category:Landforms of Inyo County, California