Cache Creek
is an
arroyo (dry wash) in the western
Tehachapi Pass and
Mojave Desert areas of
Kern County, southern
California.
The arroyo's intermittent creek flows seasonally from watersheds in the northeastern
Tehachapi Mountains and southeastern
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
foothills, and from infrequent rains as
flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing o ...
s, ending in the Mojave Desert.
Settlement
A small , known as Cache Creek, is located on the Cache Creek wash in the Mojave Desert, at the intersection of Cache Creek Road and
California State Route 58 (Tehachapi Pass road) northeast of the town of
Mojave.
See also
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References
Rivers of Kern County, California
Mojave Desert
Tehachapi Mountains
Populated places in the Mojave Desert
Unincorporated communities in Kern County, California
Rivers of Southern California
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