The Owens River course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin Watershed, reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake. The river drains the Crowley Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090103) of .
Owens River course wikiarticle for point description of point elevation & coordinates Sierra Crest headwaters (San Joaquin Mountain summit) Deadman Creek watercourse originates (perennial flow east of summit) Sierra Escarpment watercourse exits the Sierra Nevada Glass Creek confluence lower montane forest exits upper montane forest into pinyon/juniper-dominated area Big Springs confluence (river designation) Specific queries:''Deadman source: Query of 37.719914, -119.09935 returns 10794 ftDeadman confluence: Query of 37.750278, -118.938889 returns 7247.6 ftLong Valley Dam: Big Pine confluence''': Query of 37.172778, -118.259444 returns 3916.18 ft Long Valley enters valley Basin & Range ecoregion enters bitterbrush/sagebrush-dominated area Long Valley Caldera enters volcanic region of Walker Lane stream gauge prior to tunnel , 350/150 spring/winter - outflow into Mono Craters tunnel (1941-1989 inflow) ... exits Inyo National Forest exits Inaja Ranch ... confluence, Hot Creek Benton Crossing ... Crowley Lake enters reservoir ... confluence, Convict Creek (west side) confluence, Hilton Creek (south side) inflow of water diverted from Rock Creek:12 confluence, Whiskey Creek (south) confluence, Crooked Creek (south) - diversion (hydroelectric pipeline to Pleasant V Reservoir) Long Valley Dam (exits caldera & Long Hydrologic Unit) Owens River Gorge stream gauge at main weir (downstream of dam) re-enters Inyo National Forest exits Mono County, enters Inyo County exits Inyo National Forest confluence, Lower Rock Creek enters Pleasant Valley Reservoir reservoir dam (Middle Owens River begins) enters valley at exit of gorge Round Valley Horton Creek confluence Owens Valley exits Round Valley, enters Owens Valley Spring Valley Wash confluence McNally canals diversion for irrigation Fish Slough confluence US 6 bridge Laws Ditch inflow north of Bishop, California Bishop Creek confluence Big Pine canal diversion Fish Springs canal diversion A-drain inflow Big Pine Creek confluence Tinemaha Reservoir gauge station at inflow confluence, Tinemaha Creek (west side) outlet at dam Owens Lake Watershed exits Crowley Lake Watershed LA Aqueduct diversion weir (Lower Owens River begins) SR 136 stream gauge & pumpback station at Keeler Bridge Owens Lake mouth
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