Morrell Canyon Creek - Misplaced Pages

Stream in the American state of California

Morrell Canyon Creek Morrell Canyon
Map of San Juan Creek watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Riverside County
Physical characteristics

Source	northeastern slope of San Mateo Peak, Elsinore Mountains
• coordinates	33°36′49″N 117°22′18″W / 33.61361°N 117.37167°W / 33.61361; -117.37167
• elevation	3,080 ft (940 m)

Mouth	head of San Juan Creek and San Juan Canyon, at the confluence of Morrell Canyon Creek with Bear Canyon Creek, Santa Ana Mountains
• coordinates	33°36′47″N 117°26′7″W / 33.61306°N 117.43528°W / 33.61306; -117.43528
• elevation	1,690 ft (520 m)
Length	6.5 mi (10.5 km)

Discharge
• location	head of San Juan Creek and San Juan Canyon, at the confluence of Morrell Canyon Creek with Bear Canyon Creek, Santa Ana Mountains

Basin features
Tributaries
• left	East Fork, Morrell Canyon Creek, Decker Canyon Creek, Long Canyon Creek
• right	Bear Canyon Creek

Morrell Canyon Creek is a stream or Arroyo, tributary to San Juan Creek, located in the Cleveland National Forest in Riverside County, California, at an elevation of 3,080 ft (939 m), in the Elsinore Mountains northeast of Elsinore Peak. It arises on the eastern slope of San Mateo Peak. An eastern fork draining the Morrell Potrero joins it a little over a mile north of its source and then flows northwestward about a third of a mile where it turns southeast descending the narrow Morrell Canyon east of Lion Spring. After descending 2.5 miles it turns north for half a mile then returns to a southwestern direction for another mile, the canyon widening here until it turns northwestward and down a steep canyon again for half a mile where it takes in from the right Decker Canyon Creek and Long Canyon Creek. It then turns southwestward again into a wider canyon and descends to its confluence with Bear Canyon Creek and becomes the head of San Juan Creek.

References

v t e Rivers of Orange County, California
San Gabriel River watershed	Brea Creek Coyote Creek Carbon Creek Fullerton Creek Imperial Creek Moody Creek North Fork Coyote Creek
Santa Ana River watershed	Black Star Canyon Blind Canyon Fremont Canyon Handy Creek Harding Canyon Limestone Canyon Modjeska Canyon Santiago Creek Silverado Canyon Weir Canyon Williams Canyon
Newport Bay watershed	Agua Chinon Creek Bee Canyon Creek Santa Ana-Delhi Channel Bonita Creek Marshburn Channel La Cañada Creek Peters Canyon Wash San Diego Creek San Joaquin Wash Sand Canyon Wash Serrano Creek
Aliso Creek tributaries	Aliso Hills Channel Dairy Fork English Canyon Creek Munger Creek Sulphur Creek Wood Canyon Creek
San Juan Creek watershed	Bell Canyon Cañada Gobernadora Cold Springs Creek El Horno Creek Falls Canyon Creek Hickey Creek Holy Jim Creek Hot Springs Creek Live Oak Canyon Creek Lucas Canyon Creek Morrell Canyon Creek Oso Creek Tijeras Canyon Creek Arroyo Trabuco Trampas Canyon
Other	Bolsa Chica Channel Buck Gully Muddy Creek Prima Deshecha Cañada Salt Creek Segunda Deshecha Cañada Talbert Channel

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