Sand Canyon Wash
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| Sand Canyon Wash | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| City | Irvine |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Sand Canyon Reservoir |
| • location | San Joaquin Hills |
| • coordinates | 33°38′51″N 117°47′37″W / 33.64750°N 117.79361°W[1] |
| • elevation | 163 ft (50 m) |
| Mouth | San Diego Creek |
• location | William R. Mason Regional Park |
• coordinates | 33°39′29″N 117°50′33″W / 33.65806°N 117.84250°W[1] |
• elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Length | 6.9 mi (11.1 km), East-west |
| Basin size | 4 sq mi (10 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Culver Drive, near the mouth[2] |
| • average | 1.05 cu ft/s (0.030 m3/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 0.103 cu ft/s (0.0029 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 1,310 cu ft/s (37 m3/s) |
Sand Canyon Wash is an approximately 6.9-mile (11.1 km) (to its longest source) tributary of San Diego Creek in Orange County, California.[4]
