Elk River (West Virginia)

The Elk River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long, in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

Course

The Elk is formed in the Allegheny Mountains in Pocahontas County by the confluence of two short streams, the Big Spring Fork and the Old Field Fork, which join near the community of Slatyfork. It flows above ground for several miles before it sinks into a network of caverns and flows underground for more than five miles. The old riverbed of solid rock, however, remains above ground in this section known as "The Dries." It follows a generally westward course across the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, through Randolph, Webster, Braxton, Clay, and Kanawha Counties, past the towns of Webster Springs, Sutton, Gassaway, Clay, Clendenin, and Elkview before joining the Kanawha River at Charleston.

At Sutton, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concrete dam causes the Elk to form Sutton Lake.

Elk River (Maryland)

The Elk River is a tidal tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and on the northern edge of the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about 15 miles (24 km) long. As the most northeastern extension of the Chesapeake Bay estuary, it has served as one entrance to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal since the 19th century. The canal and river now serve as one boundary of the Elk Neck Peninsula. The river flows through Cecil County, Maryland, with its watershed extending into New Castle County, Delaware and Chester County, Pennsylvania. Elkton, the county seat of Cecil County, is located at its head. Its total watershed area is 143 square miles (370 km2) (including the Bohemia River), with 21 square miles (54 km2) of open water, so its watershed is 15% open water. It is south and east of the North East River, and north of the Sassafras River.

Course

The Elk River begins at the confluence of Big Elk Creek and Little Elk Creek in Elkton, and ends at the Chesapeake Bay at a 1.4 miles (2.3 km) wide mouth between Turkey Point on Elk Neck and West View Shores / Sunset Point. Little Elk Creek rises near Oxford, Pennsylvania, and the East Branch and West Branch of Big Elk Creek rise to the south of Cochranville, Pennsylvania. They descend through the Pennsylvania and Maryland Piedmont, before reaching sea level at Elkton, the head of navigation.

Elk River, California

Coordinates: 40°44′10″N 124°10′27″W / 40.73611°N 124.17417°W / 40.73611; -124.17417

Elk River is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 2.25 miles (3.6 km) east-northeast of Fields Landing, at an elevation of 69 feet (21 m). All the residents of this neighborhood have Eureka, California addresses.

There are two wooden covered bridges in the Elk River area. The community is named for the river draining the portion of Humboldt Bay watershed between Salmon Creek to the south and Freshwater Creek to the north. Elk River originates at 1,500-foot (460 m) elevation in the California Coast Ranges 20 miles (32 km) east of Humboldt Bay, and flows south and west of its namesake community before discharging to Humboldt Bay near Eureka's southern city boundary.

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Elk River (California)

The Elk River (California) is a small tributary in Eureka, California that drains into the Humboldt Bay. In 2014 the North Coast regional water board recommended that the Elk River be listed and an impaired waterway due to E. coli contamination 600 times greater than normal.

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California (1927 film)

California is a 1927 American Western silent film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings and Frank Davis. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Marc McDermott, Frank Currier and Fred Warren. The film was released on May 7, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cast

  • Tim McCoy as Capt. Archibald Gillespie
  • Dorothy Sebastian as Carlotta del Rey
  • Marc McDermott as Drachano
  • Frank Currier as Don Carlos del Rey
  • Fred Warren as Kit Carson
  • Lillian Leighton as Duenna
  • Edwin Terry as Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Kearny
  • References

    External links

  • California at the Internet Movie Database

  • 341 California

    341 California is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt, that has an unusually high albedo.

    It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.

    References

    External links

  • 341 California at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

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