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Geomorphic province—<br />

Basin<br />

Delta<br />

Dissected upl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Sacramento River<br />

flood plains<br />

Fan deposits<br />

Orestimba<br />

Creek<br />

EXPLANATION<br />

Percent coarse-grained<br />

material—<br />

> is greater than.<br />

San Joaquin River<br />

0 to 10<br />

0 50 Miles<br />

0 50 Kilometers<br />

>10 to 20<br />

>20 to 30<br />

>30 to 40<br />

>40 to 50<br />

>50 to 60<br />

>60 to 70<br />

>70 to 80<br />

>80 to 90<br />

>90 to 100<br />

Mokelumne<br />

River<br />

Calaveras<br />

River<br />

Stanislaus River<br />

Major stream<br />

or canal<br />

San Joaquin Basin<br />

fluvial-fan boundaries<br />

Tuolumne River<br />

Merced River<br />

Bear Creek<br />

Chowchilla River<br />

Fresno River<br />

Sacramento River<br />

Kings<br />

River<br />

Kaweah<br />

River<br />

Hydrogeology 37<br />

Sacramento River<br />

flood plains<br />

Figure A14. Distribution of coarse-grained deposits for the upper 50 feet for part of the <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>. The map is overlain with the<br />

major geomorphic provinces of the <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>and</strong> the fluvial fans of the San Joaquin Basin (modified from Davis <strong>and</strong> others, 1959;<br />

Olmstead <strong>and</strong> Davis, 1961; Jennings, 1977; <strong>and</strong> Weissmann <strong>and</strong> others, 2005).

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