Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)
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For other streams in California named Coyote Creek, see Coyote Creek (disambiguation).
Coyote Creek (Spanish: Arroyo Coyote)[6][7] is a river that flows through the Santa Clara Valley in Northern California. Its source is on Mount Sizer, in the mountains east of Morgan Hill. It eventually flows into Anderson Lake in Morgan Hill and then northwards through Coyote Valley to San Jose, where it empties into San Francisco Bay.
Quick Facts Coyote Creek Spanish: Arroyo Coyote, Native name ...
Coyote Creek Spanish: Arroyo Coyote | |
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Native name | Máyyan Rúmmey (Northern Ohlone)[1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Santa Clara County, Alameda County |
City | San Jose, California |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | East Fork Coyote Creek |
• location | 14 mi (20 km) northeast of Morgan Hill |
• coordinates | 37°19′0″N 121°29′47″W[2] |
• elevation | 2,630 ft (800 m) |
2nd source | Middle Fork Coyote Creek |
• coordinates | 37°16′53″N 121°33′40″W[3] |
• elevation | 3,400 ft (1,000 m) |
Source confluence | Confluence of Middle and East Forks |
• location | Henry W. Coe State Park |
• coordinates | 37°10′24″N 121°29′42″W[4] |
• elevation | 1,171 ft (357 m)[3] |
Mouth | San Francisco Bay |
• location | 8 mi (13 km) west of Milpitas, California |
• coordinates | 37°27′26″N 122°2′56″W[4] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[4] |
Length | 63.6 mi (102.4 km)confluence to mouth[5] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Fisher Creek |
• right | San Felipe Creek, Upper Silver Creek, Lower Silver Creek, Upper and Lower Penitencia Creeks |
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