which direction does the american flow flow? (San Francisco, Sacramento: rattlesnakes, park)

[tranquildreamer95]

geography project...... help! cant find it anywhere, which direction does it flow in?

[Chimérique]

The AMERICAN RIVER has 3 forks, North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork which flows SOUTHWEST into Folsom Lake. The River flows downhill from around 10,000 feet down in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Folsom Lake- 500 feet(lots of hills in Folsom) to around 50 feet above sea level at Discovery Park in Sacramento. From Folsom Lake it flows though Sacramento County which includes: City of Folsom, Gold River, Fair Oaks, City of Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, Arden-Arcade, City of Sacramento where it merges with the Sacramento River about a mile north of Downtown Sacramento.

The AMERICAN RIVER is mostly fed from melting Sierra Nevada Mountain snow.

The AMERICAN RIVER has class III and IV white water rafting, down to class I within Sacramento County.

I just spent my a few hours walking/hiking the AMERICAN RIVER in Sacramento, near Rancho Cordova where it is all green and in bloom with California Golden Poppies, and many many birds including hawks, eagles, wild turkey, egrets, herons, "honkers, and deer. Wild turkeys and deer roam around a lot. Rattlesnakes and Mountain Lion are present too - just use common sense to avoid them.

The River is very high and running fast right now.

The Sacramento River starts as an underground spring at the base of Mt. Shasta and flows SOUTHWEST, SOUTH, AND SOUTHWEST into the Delta, Carquinez Straight, San Pablo Bay, and San Francisco Bay. The two biggest tributaries for the Sacramento are the Feather River and the AMERICAN RIVER.

[wburg]

Downstream?

[xenxes]

From the mountain to the ocean.