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The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta covers the right half of this image. The Sacramento River flows into the delta from the north and the San Joaquin River from the south. The Mokelumne River enters from the east, flows northwest from Lodi, picks up several tributaries including the Cosumnes River, then turns south, meandering among several delta sloughs and waterways, ultimately flowing into the San Joaquin in the center of the delta, northeast of Antioch.
The body of water near the bottom of the image is Clifton Court Forebay, where pumps lift water to be sent southward. Several other open areas in the right half of the image are "islands," many of which have elevations well below sea level. Waterways (in blue) are clearly visible, as are fields and croplands (which appear as patchwork) and urban areas (especially Stockton).
The San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers meet just west of Antioch and their confluence continues westward into Suisun Bay and then the Carquinez Strait.
©2004 Matthew Trump
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