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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 153. Chapters: San Joaquin River, Interstate 5 in California, Sacramento River, Stockton, California, University of California, Davis, California State Route 99, California State University, Sacramento, Merced River, Beale Air Force Base, Central Valley Project, Sacramento Northern Railway, California State University, Chico, San Joaquin Valley, California State University, Fresno, Meadows Field Airport, United Farm Workers, Mather Air Force Base, Tularemia, Kern River, Folsom State Prison, Sacramento International Airport, Mussel Slough Tragedy, Central California Women's Facility, Plains and Sierra Miwok, Yuba River, Kings River (California), Stockton Metropolitan Airport, California State University, Bakersfield, Merced Regional Airport, American River, California State Prison, Corcoran, Kaweah River, Tejon Ranch, Visalia Municipal Airport. Excerpt: San Joaquin River - a: lang(ar), a: lang(ckb), a: lang(fa), a: lang(kk-arab), a: lang(mzn), a: lang(ps), a: lang(ur)/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:7: d11e4771671c2d6cdedf7c90d8131cd5 */ The San Joaquin at Mendota Pool during the high flows of April 2006Below Friant Dam, the San Joaquin flows west-southwest out into the San Joaquin Valley - the southern part of the Great Central Valley - passing north of Fresno. With most of its water diverted into aqueducts, the river frequently runs dry in the 60 mi (97 km) between here and Mendota, where it is replenished by the Delta-Mendota Canal and intermittent flows from Fresno Slough, fed by the Kings River. From Mendota, the San Joaquin swings northwest, passing through many different channels, some natural and some man-made. Northeast of Dos Palos, it is joined by the Fresno and Chowchilla Rivers. Fifty miles (80 km) downstream, the Merced River empties into the San Joaquin. The majority of the river flows thro