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Walker Canyon is a
Walker Canyon is a canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
in the Temescal Mountains
Temescal Mountains, also known as the Sierra Temescal (Spanish for " sweat lodge range"), are one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Peninsular Ranges in western Riverside County, in Southern California in the United States. They extend ...
, in Riverside County, California
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. It lies divides Alberhill Summit
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, on the west and the balance of the range to its east. Temescal Creek flows northward through the canyon from where it heads at in Warm Springs Valley Warm Springs Valley is a valley located within the city of Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, California. It lies between the main body of the Temescal Mountains to the north, east and south and the Clevelin Hills to the west.USGS Map: Lake Elsin ...
into the upper reach of the Temescal Valley near Alberhill, California
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. Coming from the Temescal Mountains to the east, Gavilan Wash
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has its confluence with Walker Canyon near mid way along its length, and Alberhill Canyon
Alberhill Canyon is an informally named valley and arroyo in the Temescal Mountains of Riverside County, California. It is named for the former mining settlement and populated place of Alberhill that lay opposite the mouth of the arroyo at its co ...
has its confluence with Walker Canyon at its mouth.
Near Lake Elsinore, California
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, I-15
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passes between Temescal Valley and Warm Springs Valley through Walker Canyon on the east side of Temescal Creek.
References
{{RiversideCountyCA-geo-stub Canyons and gorges of California Landforms of Riverside County, California Temescal Mountains