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Definition of Sacramento River
1. Noun. A river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay.
Definition of Sacramento River
1. Noun. A river in northern California. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacramento River
Literary usage of Sacramento River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Foliation of Rivers; see Water Supply Sacramento River See aleo above, general
group. 1849-1894. Graphic plates showing mo. rod record of the Sacramento at ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1895)
"As the great watershed of the upper Sacramento pours its drainage into the
Sacramento River, the water spreads over the low tule lands by way of the ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"The western boundary of the county for its entire length, over fifty miles, is
the Sacramento river, the great navigable waterway of the state. ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"Among other things the court found that from 1853 to 1858, and both prior and
subsequent thereto, the waters of the Sacramento River divided into two ..."
5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The Feather, emptying into the Sacramento river about 20 m. N. of the city of
Sacramento, is the most important tributary of the Sacramento river. ..."
6. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond (1872)
"... the mouth of the Sacramento River, at the head of Suisun Bay, forming southwest
corner; thence up the Sacramento River to the mouth of Merritt's Slough; ..."
7. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1892)
"Stony Creek is the last stream that enters the Sacramento River from the west.
There are several other streams almost as large that head in the Coast Range, ..."
8. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1872)
"... the mouth of the Sacramento River, at the head of Suisun Bay, forming southwest
corner; thence up the Sacramento River to the mouth of Merritt,s Slough; ..."
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