| Owens River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | California |
| Length: | 120miles, north-south |
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 1900sqmi and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of 1340sqmi.[1]
| wikiarticle for point | description of point | elevation & coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Crest | headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit) | 11555feet37.7192°N -119.1058°W | ||
| Deadman Creek | watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit) | 10794feet37.72°N -119.0994°W | ||
| Sierra Escarpment | watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada | |||
| Glass Creek | confluence[2] | |||
| lower montane forest | exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area | 9000feet | ||
| Big Springs | confluence (river designation) | 7248feet[3] 37.7503°N -118.9389°W | ||
| Long Valley | enters valley | |||
| Basin & Range ecoregion | enters bitterbrush/sagebrush-dominated area | 7000feet | ||
| Long Valley Caldera | enters volcanic region of Walker Lane | |||
| stream gauge prior to tunnel 76cuft/s, 350/150 spring/winter | ||||
| -16cuft/s outflow into Mono Craters tunnel (1941-1989 inflow) | ... | |||
| exits Inyo National Forest | ||||
| exits Inaja Ranch | ... | |||
| confluence, Hot Creek | ||||
| Benton Crossing | ... | |||
| Crowley Lake | enters reservoir | ... | ||
| confluence, Convict Creek (west side) | ||||
| confluence, Hilton Creek (south side) | ||||
| inflow of water diverted from Rock Creek | ||||
| confluence, Whiskey Creek (south) | ||||
| confluence, Crooked Creek (south) | ||||
| -16cuft/s[4] diversion (hydroelectric pipeline to Pleasant V Reservoir)[5] | ||||
| Long Valley Dam (exits caldera & 380sqmi Long Hydrologic Unit) | 6783feet37.5881°N -118.7069°W | |||
| Owens River Gorge | stream gauge at main weir (downstream of dam) | |||
| re-enters Inyo National Forest | 37.5892°N -118.6994°W | N | 118.699379--> | |
| exits Mono County, enters Inyo County[6] | ||||
| exits Inyo National Forest | 37.5881°N -118.7069°W | |||
| confluence, Lower Rock Creek | ||||
| enters Pleasant Valley Reservoir | ||||
| reservoir dam (Middle Owens River begins)[7] | 37.4147°N -118.5244°W | N | 118.52437 | W--> |
| enters valley at exit of gorge[8] | ||||
| Round Valley | ||||
| Horton Creek | confluence | |||
| Owens Valley | exits Round Valley, enters Owens Valley | |||
| Spring Valley Wash | confluence | |||
| McNally canals | diversion for irrigation | |||
| Fish Slough | confluence | |||
| US 6 | bridge | |||
| Laws Ditch | inflow north of Bishop, California | |||
| Bishop Creek | confluence | |||
| Big Pine canal | diversion | |||
| Fish Springs canal | diversion | |||
| A-drain | inflow | |||
| Big Pine Creek | confluence | 3916feet37.1728°N -118.2594°W | ||
| Tinemaha Reservoir | gauge station at inflow | |||
| confluence, Tinemaha Creek (west side) | ||||
| outlet at dam | ||||
| Owens Lake Watershed | exits Crowley Lake Watershed | |||
| LA Aqueduct | 325feet diversion weir https://web.archive.org/web/20101027203503/http://www.slideshare.net/Aquafornia/picture-tour-of-la-aqueduct-2632466 (Lower Owens River begins) | 36.9756°N -118.2106°W | ||
| SR 136 | stream gauge & pumpback station at Keeler Bridge | 36.5744°N -118.0111°W | ||
| Owens Lake | mouth | 3556feet36.4333°N -117.9508°W | ||