San Felipe Creek is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

Imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * Imperial, Texa ...

and

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...

Counties of

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. It arises in the

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of San Diego County , and runs eastward, gathering the waters of most of the eastern slope of the mountains and desert of the county before it empties into the

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. It is probably the last remaining

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natural desert stream in the

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region. In 1974, the San Felipe Creek Area was designated as a

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by the National Park Service.

Watershed of San Felipe Creek

*San Felipe Creek ** Carrizo Creek, Carrizo Wash *** Barret Canyon *** Deguynos Canyon **** Gert Wash **** Red Rock Canyon (Deguynos Canyon) *** Vallecito Creek, Vallecito Wash **** Arroyo Seco del Diablo ****

Arroyo Tapiado Arroyo often refers to: * Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek Arroyo may also refer to: People * Arroyo (surname) Places United States ;California * Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California * Arro ...

**** Arroyo Hueso **** Canebreak Wash ***** North Wash **** June Wash **** Squaw Canyon Wash **** Bisnaga Alta Wash **** Smuggler Canyon **** Storm Canyon Wash **** Cottonwood Canyon **** Box Canyon Wash ****

Oriflamme Canyon Oriflamme Canyon is a steep mountain canyon, in San Diego County, California that descends from its head in the Laguna Mountains, at , in an arc northwestward then northeastward to join Rodriguez Canyon at the northwest end of Mason Valley, where ...

**** Rodriquez Canyon *** Bow Willow Creek *** Rockhouse Canyon ***

Carrizo Gorge Carrizo Gorge is a valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surf ...

**** Goat Canyon ***

Tule Canyon ''Schoenoplectus acutus'' ( syn. ''Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus lacustris, Scirpus lacustris'' subsp. ''acutus''), called tule , common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, or viscid bulrush, is a giant species of sedge in the pl ...

*** Walker Canyon (Carrizo Creek) ** Tarantula Wash ** Fish Creek Wash ** Palo Verde Wash ** Harper Canyon Wash ** Fault Wash ** Third Wash ** Big Wash ** Hills of the Moon Wash ** Rainbow Wash ** Borrego Sink Wash *** Borrego Sink **** Culp Canyon Wash ***** Tubb Canyon **** Borrego Palm Canyon Wash ***** Hellhole Canyon ***** Henderson Canyon ***** Borrego Palm Canyon **** Coyote Creek *****

Indian Creek Indian Creek may refer to the following: Communities * Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Florida, U.S. * Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S. * Indian Creek No. 7 Pr ...

***** Salvadore Canyon Creek ***** Alder Canyon Creek ***** Horse Canyon Creek ***** Tule Canyon Creek ***** Alder Canyon Creek ***** Nance Canyon Creek ** Pinyon Wash *** Bighorn Wash *** Nolina Wash ** Mine Wash ** Chuckwalla Wash ** Grapevine Canyon *** Bitter Creek Canyon **

Banner Creek Otego Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Otsego County, New York. Otego Creek rises in the Town of Otsego a ...

References

External links

San Felipe Creek Ecological Reserve
at

California Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is a state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages and protect ...

San Sebastian Marsh/San Felipe Creek
at the

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Rivers of San Diego County, California Rivers of Imperial County, California Rivers of Southern California National Natural Landmarks in California {{California-river-stub