Sweetwater River (California)
| Sweetwater River | ||
 Historic bridge from 1929 over the Sweetwater River at Rancho San Diego |
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| Water code | US : 273985 | |
| location | San Diego County , California (USA) | |
| River system | Sweetwater River | |
| source | in the Cuyamaca Mountains 32 ° 38 ′ 34 " N , 117 ° 6 ′ 53" W |
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| muzzle | in the San Diego Bay of the Pacific Coordinates: 32 ° 38 ′ 46 " N , 117 ° 7 ′ 1" W 32 ° 38 ′ 46 " N , 117 ° 7 ′ 1" W |
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| length | 88 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Loveland Lake , Sweetwater Reservoir | |
The Sweetwater River is a river in southern San Diego in the state of California . It rises in the Cuyamaca Mountains and flows 88 km (55 mi) into San Diego Bay . There are two reservoirs along the river. The Loveland Lake is located 8 km south of the city of Alpine . The Loveland Dam was completed in 1945 and the reservoir has a storage volume of 31,000,000 m³. The Sweetwater Reservoir is located 14 km southeast of San Diego. The Sweetwater Dam has a storage volume of 35,000,000 m³ and was completed in 1888. It was added to the List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2005.
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