It enters a wider concrete channel with sloped sides, and crosses under Cesar Chavez Avenue, the Hollywood (101) Freeway, and the San Bernardino (10) Freeway as it passes east of downtown Los Angeles, flowing past the East Los Angeles Interchange of the Santa Ana (101) Freeway, Pomona (60) Freeway, and Interstates 5 and 10 on the left. The river flows south past the Mission Junction, a large railroad yard on the left. It then receives the Arroyo Seco, another major tributary, from the left. Making two meanders as it flows in a southeasterly direction, the river parallels the interstate and Riverside Drive then crosses under the interstate and Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway as it flows east of Elysian Park. įigueroa (Dayton Avenue) Bridge, showing the channelized river It passes Silver Lake Reservoir, which is to the right, and crosses under the Glendale (2) Freeway, 32 miles (51 km) from the mouth.
Paralleling the Golden State Freeway for the next few miles, the river runs by the eastern side of Griffith Park and the Harding-Wilson Golf Course. Here, the river begins to flow over a natural riverbed, but enters another concrete section soon after. It receives from the left Verdugo Wash, which drains much of La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale as it flows from the San Gabriel Mountains south through a water gap in the Verdugo Mountains, and crosses under the Ventura Freeway. It then crosses under the Golden State (5) Freeway and makes a sharp bend to the south-southeast as it curves around Griffith Park. The river then begins to parallel the Ventura (134) Freeway as it winds through North Hollywood and the city of Burbank. Unlike most of the river, this stretch has an earthen bottom. Looking east (downstream) at the Glendale Narrows. The river then rounds a bend to the northeast, now in a concrete box culvert, and crosses under the Hollywood (170) Freeway and Highway 101, and receives Burbank Western Channel on the left bank, 39 miles (63 km) from the mouth. Highway 101 briefly, it then veers southeast, away from the highway, and receives from the left the Tujunga Wash, one of its largest tributaries, which flows southwest and south from the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains. It flows again into a concrete channel and crosses under the San Diego (405) Freeway as it passes through Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, and Studio City, still flowing east. The river then passes through the outlet works of Sepulveda Dam, 43 miles (69 km) from the mouth.
It crosses under Balboa Boulevard and then receives Bull Creek. Receiving the Tujunga Wash (right) in Studio City.Īs the river proceeds into the usually-dry reservoir, it spills out into a channel that is similar to its historical, non-channeled form. Flow, while generally low in volume, can be extremely brisk even in summer. This is helped by the concrete channel, which limits absorption of water into the earth. Some water usually reaches the ocean, even in the driest summers although there are historical accounts of the river running dry, there has been constant flow of the river every month since recording of stream flow began in 1929. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys (in summer and fall), and urban discharge, it is one of the few low-elevation perennial rivers in Southern California. The Los Angeles River is heavily polluted from agricultural and urban runoff.įed primarily by rainwater and snowmelt (in winter and spring), the Donald C. Although the Los Angeles region still receives some water from the river and other local sources, most of the water supply flows from several aqueducts serving the area.
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While the river was once free-flowing and frequently flooding, forming alluvial flood plains along its banks, it is currently notable for flowing through a concrete channel on a fixed course, which was built after a series of devastating floods in the early 20th century.īefore the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the river was the primary source of fresh water for the city. Its headwaters are in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and it flows nearly 51 miles (82 km) from Canoga Park through the San Fernando Valley, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Gateway Cities to its mouth in Long Beach, where it flows into San Pedro Bay. The Los Angeles River ( Spanish: Río de Los Ángeles), historically known as Paayme Paxaayt ( West River) by the Tongva and the Porciúncula River ( Río Porciúncula) by the Spanish, is a major river in Los Angeles County, California. Bell Creek, Browns Canyon Wash, Aliso Creek, Tujunga Wash, Verdugo Wash, Arroyo Seco, Rio Hondo
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