Navarro River
| Navarro River | |
|---|---|
The Navarro River near its mouth | |
Navarro River watershed (Interactive map) | |
| Native name | Spanish: Río Navarro |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Mendocino County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Rancheria Creek, Mendocino County |
| • location | Crystal Peak |
| • coordinates | 38°50′25″N 123°11′36″W / 38.84028°N 123.19333°W |
| 2nd source | Anderson Creek |
| • location | Sanel Mountain |
| • coordinates | 38°56′45″N 123°16′10″W / 38.94583°N 123.26944°W |
| 3rd source | confluence |
| • location | 1 mi (2 km) south of Philo, California |
| • coordinates | 39°3′12″N 123°26′25″W / 39.05333°N 123.44028°W |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | 8 mi (13 km) south of Mendocino, California |
• coordinates | 39°11′32″N 123°45′40″W / 39.19222°N 123.76111°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Basin size | 315 sq mi (820 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Navarro, California |
| • average | 500 cu ft/s (14 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0.23 cu ft/s (0.0065 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 64,500 cu ft/s (1,830 m3/s) |
The Navarro River is a 28.3-mile-long (45.5 km) river in Mendocino County, California, United States. It flows northwest through the Coastal Range to the Pacific Ocean. The main stem of the Navarro River begins less than 1 mile (2 km) south of the town of Philo at the confluence of Rancheria Creek and Anderson Creek. The mouth of the Navarro is 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Mendocino. State Route 128 starts from the intersection of State Route 1 at the mouth of the Navarro River, and follows the river valley upstream to Philo. The river is close to the highway through the lower canyon but is some distance south of the highway as the Anderson Valley widens upstream of Wendling.