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San Joaquin River integral to Central Valley life
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The headwaters of the San Joaquin River Middle Fork —Thousand Island Lake — is shown at 9,833 feet as seen from a spot just off the Pacific Crest Trail in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. Looming over its western shore is the 12,942-foot Mt. Banner. Dennis Wyatt/209 Living
The 1,760-square-mile San Joaquin River Basin that the San Joaquin River and its web of tributaries provides with snowmelt helps support what is arguably the most productive agricultural region on earth.