Wilson Creek is a
tributary 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 ...
of
Temecula Creek, itself a tributary of the
Santa Margarita River, in
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a County (United States), county located in the southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most ...
. Its mouth is at its confluence with the reservoir of
Vail Lake on Temecula Creek at an elevation of . Its source is located on the south slope of
Little Cahuilla Mountain at , at an elevation of . It descends south and southwest into Reed Valley, then to its confluence with
Cahuilla Creek
Cahuilla Creek is a tributary stream of Wilson Creek which is in turn a tributary of Temecula Creek, and the Santa Margarita River in Riverside County, California. Its mouth is at its confluence with Wilson Creek at an elevation of . Its source is ...
at the head of
Wilson Valley. There it turns to flow westward through Wilson Valley and
Lancaster Valley to its confluence with Vail Lake.
References
Rivers of Riverside County, California
Rivers of Southern California
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