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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* Tidal (servic ...
watercourse
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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 Marsh
*Suisun Valley AVA
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, which in turn empties into
Grizzly Bay
Grizzly Bay is a baylet of the San Francisco Bay, and an extension of Suisun Bay, which dips into Solano County, California. Grizzly Bay contains many sloughs, wildlife areas, and islands such as Grizzly Island, Joice Island and Morrow Island. ...
in
Solano County, California
Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield.
Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...
. The Suisun Slough, fed by the Green Valley Creek and Red Top Creek, provides a productive habitat for a
diversity
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* ...
of
aquatic flora
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E ...
and
fauna
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. In particular
steelhead
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migrate up Cordelia Slough to spawn in its two tributaries.
Endangered species
Cordelia Bay is known for its
species
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biodiversity
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and also for prevalence of
endangered species
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such as
Sacramento splittail
The splittail (''Pogonichthys macrolepidotus''), also called Sacramento splittail, is a cyprinid fish native to the low-elevation waters of the Central Valley in California. It was first described by William O. Ayres in 1854. It is the sole li ...
, ''Pogonichthys macrolepidotus'' and the
Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
The salt marsh harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys raviventris''), also known as the red-bellied harvest mouse, is an endangered rodent endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area salt marshes in California. The two distinct subspecies are both endangere ...
.
Water quality
Some areas which drain into Cordelia Slough from the north are subject to development pressure from the
expanding population of the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
; correspondingly, there are increasing risks of adverse
water quality
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due to urban
surface runoff
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from such new development. Cordelia Slough is considered a subarea of the
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area, 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]
See also
*
San Francisco Bay Area watercourses
*
Suisun Shrew
References
External links
*
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