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Place Name
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Chowchilla River
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Mariposa County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Chowchilla River
, c.65 mi/105 km long,
central Calif.; formed by short East and West forks (each flow S,
c.15 mi/24 km), rising in S Mariposa co., join
in NW Madera co., c.30 mi/48 km NW of Madera;
flows SW and then W to join San Joaquin R.
18 mi/29 km SSW of Merced. Site of Buchanan
Dam of Central Valley project. Forms part of border bet. Mariposa and
Madera cos. for most of its course.
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