Russian River (California)
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The Russian River is a southward-flowing river that drains 1,485 sq mi (3,850 km2) of Sonoma and Mendocino counties in Northern California. With an annual average discharge of approximately 1,600,000 acre feet (2.0 km3), it is the second-largest river flowing through the nine-county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, with a mainstem 115 mi (185 km) long.
The estuary of the Russian River, north of Bodega Bay
An Autumnal Sunset on the Russian River Evening Glow by William Keith, 1878
The Russian River downstream of Duncans Mills
White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus), almost 8 feet (2.4 m) long, caught in 1998 in the Russian River's "Hacienda Hole" in Guerneville, California
Sonoma County, California
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Sonoma County is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its seat of government and largest city is Santa Rosa.
Image: Bodega Bay CA Edit 3194
Image: Sonoma City Hall
Image: Cannons & Chapel, Fort Ross State Historical Monument, CA 7 5 2010 5 59 11 PM
Fort Ross was established by the Russians in 1812.