Cordelia Slough is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed March 10, 2011 tidal

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which discharges to the

Suisun Slough Suisun may refer to: People * Suisun people Places * Suisun Bay * Suisun City, California **Suisun–Fairfield station Suisun–Fairfield station is an Amtrak station in Suisun City, California. It serves both Suisun City and nearby Fairfield. ...

, which in turn empties into

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. The Suisun Slough, fed by the Green Valley Creek and Red Top Creek, provides a productive habitat for a diversity of aquatic

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and

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. In particular

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migrate up Cordelia Slough to spawn in its two tributaries.

Endangered species

Cordelia Bay is known for its

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and also for prevalence of endangered species such as Sacramento splittail, ''Pogonichthys macrolepidotus'' and the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse.

Water quality

Some areas which drain into Cordelia Slough from the north are subject to development pressure from the expanding population of the

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; correspondingly, there are increasing risks of adverse

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due to urban

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from such new development. Cordelia Slough is considered a subarea of the

Grizzly Island Wildlife Area The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...

, which is a State of California designated Wildlife Area.'' Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Parcel 180-140-03, Fairfield, California'', Earth Metrics Inc. Report 10301, November 28, 1989

References

External links

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Interactive on line map of Cordelia Slough
{{San Francisco Bay watershed Wetlands of the San Francisco Bay Area Rivers of Solano County, California Rivers of Northern California Tributaries of San Francisco Bay

Endangered species

Water quality

See also

References

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