Salt Creek is a 26-mile-long (42 km) [1] intermittent stream in Riverside County, California, [2] [3] flowing into the north shore of the Salton Sea. Its discharge point is located north of Salt Creek Beach in the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. It is an important habitat of desert pupfish, containing a population of 159 fish. [4] Salt creek is also a birding spot for birds that winter in the Salton Sea. [5]
Sources
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 16, 2011
- ^ "The Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "Salt Creek Beach Campground , Salton Sea, CA". hipcamp. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Abundance and Distribution of Desert Pupfish in the Salton Sea Basin". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/639/files/SaltonSeaSRAWebLayout2013.pdf [ bare URL PDF]
33°26′46″N 115°50′54″W / 33.44611°N 115.84833°W
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