South Coast List of rivers of California

1 south coast

1.1 santa barbara county
1.2 ventura county
1.3 los angeles county
1.4 orange county

1.4.1 newport bay
1.4.2 south orange county coast


1.5 san diego county

1.5.1 san diego bay

south coast

rivers empty pacific ocean southeast of point arguello, arranged north south:

see list of rivers of orange county, california , list of tributaries of santa ana river

santa barbara county

goleta slough

carneros creek
atascadero creek


montecito creek

cold springs creek

east fork cold springs creek
west fork cold springs creek




oak creek
san ysidro creek
romero creek

picay creek


toro canyon creek

garapata creek
buell reservoir creek


arroyo paredon
santa monica creek

franklin creek


carpinteria creek

gobernador creek

eldorado creek
steer creek


carpinteria reservoir creek


rincon creek

casitas creek
sulphur creek
catharina creek



ventura county

los sauces creek
madrianio creek
padre juan canyon
ventura river

manuel canyon
cañada larga
cañada de alisos
coyote creek

lake casitas

laguna creek
willow creek
santa ana creek

roble-casitas canal


poplin creek


deep cat lake
east fork coyote creek
west fork coyote creek


matilija creek

rattlesnake creek
lime creek
murietta creek
middle fork matilija creek
upper north fork matilija creek


north fork matilija creek (this , matilija creek form ventura river s headwaters.)


santa clara river

sespe creek
piru creek
castaic creek


calleguas creek

los angeles county

malibu creek
ballona creek
dominguez channel
los angeles river

compton creek
rio hondo

santa anita wash


arroyo seco
verdugo wash
burbank western channel
tujunga wash

big tujunga creek

lucas creek
mill creek
alder creek


little tujunga creek
pacoima wash


bull creek
aliso creek

limekiln canyon
wilbur canyon


browns canyon wash

diablo canyon creek
mormon canyon creek


bell creek

dayton creek
woolsey canyon creek


arroyo calabasas

dry creek





orange county

san gabriel river

coyote creek

carbon creek
moody creek
fullerton creek
la canada verde creek

la mirada creek


brea creek

san jose flood diversion channel
tonner canyon


imperial creek


east fork san gabriel river
west fork san gabriel river


santa ana river

greenville-banning channel

huntington beach channel


santiago creek

handy creek
irvine lake(instream water supply, recreation , flood control reservoir)

limestone canyon creek


black star canyon creek
baker canyon creek
silverado canyon

ladd canyon
white canyon
halfway canyon
pine canyon
lost woman canyon
spruce canyon


williams canyon

spring canyon


harding creek

modjeska creek(named , flows modjeska peak)


bear trap canyon creek


blue mud creek
brush creek
aliso creek

bane canyon creek
water canyon creek


fresno canyon
wardlow wash
chino creek

mill creek

etiwanda creek
cucamonga creek
deer creek

day canyon wash
calamity creek




san antonio creek

stoddard creek
kerkhoff creek
bear creek
icehouse creek

cedar creek






temescal creek

oak avenue drain

mabey canyon wash
hagador canyon wash

tin mine canyon creek




arlington valley channel
main street canyon wash

eagle canyon creek


joseph canyon
bedford canyon wash
cajalco canyon
olsen canyon wash
brown canyon wash

mcbribe canyon creek


coldwater canyon creek
dawson canyon wash
mayhew canyon wash
indian canyon creek
horsetheif canyon wash

cow canyon creek


rice canyon wash

bishop canyon wash


gavilan wash in walker canyon
arroyo del toro
wasson canyon wash
lake elsinore

mcvicker canyon wash
leach canyon wash
san jacinto river

canyon lake

salt creek


perris valley channel
bautista creek

indian creek


north fork san jacinto river

logan creek
stone creek
black mountain creek
fuller mill creek


south fork san jacinto river

dry creek
spillway creek
strawberry creek
herkey creek
fobes creek








riverside flood control channel
sunnyslope channel
arroyo tequesquito
warm creek

lytle creek

cajon wash

cable creek
lone pine creek
crowder creek


grapevine creek
meyer creek
south fork lytle creek

bonita creek


middle fork lytle creek
north fork lytle creek

coldwater canyon creek
paiute canyon
dog bone canyon




east twin creek

strawberry creek


sand creek


city creek

bledsoe gulch
schenk creek
east fork city creek
west fork city creek


elder gulch
plunge creek

oak creek
fredalba creek
little mill creek


mill creek

spoor creek
mountain home creek

skinner creek
east fork mountain home creek


glen martin creek
frustration creek
monkeyface creek
oak cove creek
bridal veil creek
hatchery creek
momyer creek
slide creek
alger creek
falls creek
vivian creek
high creek


morton creek
deep creek
government creek
warm springs creek
alder creek
keller creek

monroe creek


crystal creek
breakneck creek
bear creek

north fork bear creek
siberia creek
north creek
grout creek
minnelusa creek
rathbun creek
sawmill creek


deer creek
mile creek
cienaga creek
barton creek
hamilton creek
converse creek
staircase creek
south fork santa ana river
lost creek
wildhorse creek
cienaga seca creek
heart bar creek
coon creek



newport bay

newport bay

upper newport bay

big canyon (newport bay)
santa isabel channel
dehli canal
san diego creek

bonita canyon creek

bonita canyon reservoir


sand canyon wash

sand canyon reservoir


san joaquin wash

san joaquin reservoir


peters canyon wash

santa ana channel
rattlesnake canyon creek
peters canyon reservoir


marshburn channel
bee canyon wash

round canyon
bee canyon reservoir


agua chinon creek

borrego canyon


serrano creek

la cañada wash




santa ana-delhi channel
big canyon creek





south orange county coast

buck gully
morning canyon
los trancos canyon
reef point creek
muddy canyon creek
el moro canyon creek
emerald canyon creek
boat canyon creek
laguna canyon

willow canyon creek

laurel canyon wash


el toro creek
camarillo canyon
see laguna lakes
little sycamore canyon


bluebird canyon creek
hobo canyon
aliso creek

wood canyon creek

see wood canyon emergent wetland


sulphur creek

narco channel
see sulphur creek reservoir
niguel drain


dairy fork
aliso hills channel
munger creek
english canyon creek


salt creek

san juan canyon creek
arroyo salada storm channel
sea canyon creek


north creek
san juan creek

trabuco creek

oso creek,includes lake mission viejo , upper oso reservoir

la paz creek


tijeras canyon creek

cañada chiquita


live oak canyon creek
hickey canyon creek
rose canyon creek
falls canyon creek
holy jim creek


el horno creek
cañada chiquita
cañada gobernadora

wagon wheel canyon creek


trampas canyon
verdugo canyon wash
bell canyon

crow canyon creek
dove canyon creek
fox canyon creek


lucas canyon creek

aliso canyon creek


cold springs creek
hot springs creek

outlet stream of san juan hot springs
chiquito spring creek


lion canyon creek
bear canyon creek
morrell canyon

long canyon creek

arroyo el cariso


decker canyon




prima deshecha cañada
segunda deshecha cañada

san diego county

san mateo creek

cristianitos creek

talega creek
gabino creek

la paz creek




devil canyon creek

cold spring canyon creek


nickel creek (san mateo creek)
bluewater creek
tenaja creek
los alamos canyon creek

wildhorse canyon creek




san onofre creek

south fork, san onofre creek
north fork, san onofre creek

jardine creek




foley creek
horno creek
las flores creek

piedra de lumbre canyon creek


aliso creek (san diego county)
french creek (san diego county)
cockleburr creek
santa margarita river

newton canyon
pueblitos canyon
wood canyon
deluz creek
sandia creek
rainbow creek
temecula creek

pechanga creek
vail lake dam, vail lake

kolb creek

arroyo seco creek


wilson creek


long canyon
cottonwood creek
tule creek
chihuahua creek
rattlesnake creek
kohler canyon


murrieta creek

empire creek

long canyon


santa gertrudis creek

tucalota creek

rawson canyon


long valley creek


warm springs creek

french valley creek


kalmia creek
unnamed arroyo, runs adelaide peak, temescal mountains
unnamed arroyo, runs summit 2124, temescal mountains
unnamed arroyo, runs through oak springs ranch, summit 2064, temescal mountains
miller canyon creek
unnamed arroyo, runs iodine springs in temescal mountains
cole canyon creek
vail canyon creek

slaughterhouse canyon


bundy canyon
unnamed arroyo, runs southeast slope of elsinore peak




san luis rey river

west fork san luis rey river


loma alta creek
buena vista lagoon

buena vista creek


agua hedionda lagoon

agua hedionda creek

buena creek (san diego)
escondido creek




san dieguito river

santa maria creek (san diego)
santa ysabel creek

temescal creek (san diego)




san diego river (historically drained san diego bay, modern flood control channel bypasses north shore of bay , empties directly pacific ocean)

oak canyon creek
spring canyon creek
forester creek
los coches creek
san vicente creek
wildcat canyon creek
chocolate creek
conejos creek
sand creek
isham creek
boulder creek
cedar creek
ritchie creek
dye canyon creek
iron springs canyon creek
temescal creek
sentenac creek
coleman creek

baily creek
eastwood creek





san diego bay

tributaries entering san diego bay arranged north south:

chollas creek
paradise creek
sweetwater river
otay river

below san diego bay

tijuana river