Fresno River

Fresno River
Fresno River Viaduct, February 2017
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Lewis Fork Creek, Nelder Creek, and China Creek (Raymond Mountain)
• location	Oakhurst, Madera County
• coordinates	37°21′43″N 119°37′58″W / 37.36194°N 119.63278°W / 37.36194; -119.63278[1]
• elevation	2,510 ft (770 m)
Mouth	San Joaquin River
• location	Near Dos Palos, Madera County
• coordinates	37°04′32″N 120°33′39″W / 37.07556°N 120.56083°W / 37.07556; -120.56083[1]
• elevation	108 ft (33 m)
Length	83 mi (134 km)
Discharge
• location	below Hidden Dam[2]
• average	110 cu ft/s (3.1 m3/s)[3]
• minimum	0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
• maximum	17,500 cu ft/s (500 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Nelder Creek, Coarse Gold Creek
• right	Lewis Fork Fresno River, Peterson Creek

The Fresno River (Spanish for "ash tree") is a river in Central California and a major tributary of the San Joaquin River. It runs approximately 83 miles (134 km) from the Sierra Nevada Range to the San Joaquin River if measured from the source of Rainier Creek, near Raymond Mountain in Yosemite National Park. Although called the 'Fresno' River, it is one of the largest and longest river systems in Madera County.