Adobe Creek (San Francisco Bay)

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Adobe Creek
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Broken sequoia tree in Adobe Creek, Los Altos, California

Broken sequoia tree in Adobe Creek, Los Altos , California

Data
Water code US :  217989
location United States
  California
River system Adobe Creek
Drain over Palo Alto Flood Basin  → San Francisco Bay
Headwaters Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California)
in the Santa Cruz Mountains
37 ° 19 ′ 12 ″  N , 122 ° 9 ′ 19 ″  W
Source height 792  m
muzzle Palo Alto Flood Basin in the southwestern San Francisco Bay Coordinates: 37 ° 27 ′ 10 ″  N , 122 ° 5 ′ 29 ″  W 37 ° 27 ′ 10 ″  N , 122 ° 5 ′ 29 ″  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 792 m
Bottom slope 35 ‰
length 22.9 km
Left tributaries Middle, West and North Fork Adobe Creek, Moody Creek, Purisima Creek, Robleda Creek, Barron Creek
Medium-sized cities Palo Alto
Small towns Los Altos Hills , Los Altos
Fog on Black Mountain, the headwaters of Adobe Creek.

Fog on Black Mountain, the headwaters of Adobe Creek.

The Adobe Creek is a 22.9 km long tributary of the San Francisco Bay . It runs through the towns of Los Altos Hills , Los Altos and Palo Alto . Its name is derived from the Spanish and English word adobe , which means adobe . Adobe Creek is namesake of Adobe Inc.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , visited on March 15, 2011
  2. ↑ Frank Heiniger: Adobe wants to grow strongly. In: Finance and Economy . July 31, 2010, accessed June 26, 2017 .