San Jacinto River (California)
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The San Jacinto River is a river in Riverside County, California. The river's headwaters are in San Jacinto National Forest, but the lower portion of the 765 square mile (1,980 km²) watershed is urban and agricultural land. The river flows about 10 miles (16 km) from its source to Lake Hemet, which holds 14,000 acre feet (17.2 million m³) of water. Hemet Dam was built in 1895 to supply water to the city of Hemet. Downstream of the dam, the river continues northeast until it discharges into Mystic Lake, a couple of miles east of Lake Perris. Overflow from the river then flows southwest to Railroad Canyon Reservoir, also called Canyon Lake, which has a capacity of 11,900 acre-feet. Downstream of Railroad Canyon Dam, the river continues flowing roughly southwest for about 3 miles until it drains into Lake Elsinore. The lake has very little outflow, but in rare cases it has overflowed into Temescal Creek, a tributary of the Santa Ana River.
