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Peters Canyon Wash is a
File:San Diego Creek Map Peters Canyon highlighted.jpg, Map of San Diego Creek watershed with Peters Canyon Wash subwatershed highlighted
Peters Canyon Wash is a tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of San Diego Creek
San Diego Creek is a urban waterway flowing into Upper Newport Bay in Orange County, California, United States. Its watershed covers in parts of eight cities, including Irvine, Tustin, and Costa Mesa. From its headwaters in Laguna Woods the ...
in central Orange County in the U.S. state
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of California
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.
Background
About long north-south, the wash, now mostly channelized, flows in a relatively straight course southwest from the Peters Canyon Reservoir near theOrange
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*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
** Orange juice
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/Tustin
Tustin is a city located in Orange County, California, United States, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area. In 2020, Tustin had a population of 80,276. The city does not include the unincorporated community of North Tustin.
History
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borderline to its confluence with San Diego Creek near the Irvine Civic Center Plaza. Less than below this confluence, San Diego Creek empties into Upper Newport Bay
Upper Newport Bay (connected to Newport Harbor via "The Back Bay") is a large coastal wetland (an estuary) in Newport Beach, California, and a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. Dozens of species, including endangered ones, can be ...
. The largest tributary of Peters Canyon is the (not to be confused with the , which flows directly into Upper Newport Bay.)
Gallery
See also
*List of rivers of Orange County, California
This is a list of rivers of Orange County, California, part of the Greater Los Angeles Area in Southern California.The Santa Ana River and San Gabriel River are the largest in Orange County; their extensive watersheds extend into neighbori ...
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External links
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