Merced River topographic map
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Merced River
The river first formed as the Sierra Nevada rose about 10 million years ago, and sediment eroded from its canyon helped form the flat floor of the San Joaquin Valley. Glaciation during the ice ages carved the high elevation parts of the watershed, including Yosemite Valley, into their present shape. Historically, there was an extensive riparian zone which provided habitat for millions of migrating birds, and the river had one of the southernmost runs of chinook salmon in North America.
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Name: Merced River topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Merced River, California, United States (37.34523 -120.97515 37.74562 -119.34737)
Average elevation: 784 m
Minimum elevation: 18 m
Maximum elevation: 3,713 m
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