Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)

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Coyote Creek in Santa Clara County is a major stream in California’s South Bay that flows through the Diablo Range and San Jose before emptying into the southern end of San Francisco Bay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
stream
adjacentTo Coyote Creek Parkway
Coyote Creek Trail
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Santa Clara County
crossedBy Interstate 280
Interstate 680
State Route 237
U.S. Route 101
crosses Anderson Lake (Anderson Reservoir) vicinity
ecoregion Coastal Ranges
surface form: California Coast Ranges
floodedArea Coyote Creek neighborhoods near U.S. 101 in San Jose
Rock Springs neighborhood of San Jose
flowsDirection northwest
flowsInto Coyote Slough
flowsThrough Alviso area of San Jose
Diablo Range
San Jose
surface form: San Jose, California
hasFloodHistoryEvent February 2017 San Jose flood
hasLandUseInWatershed agricultural
open space
urban
hasSourceRegion Diablo Range
hasTributary Berryessa Creek
Fisher Creek
Penitencia Creek
Silver Creek (Santa Clara County)
Thompson Creek (Santa Clara County)
isMajorTributaryOf San Francisco Bay
locatedIn San Francisco Bay Area
locatedInHydrologicRegion Santa Clara Valley
managedBy Santa Clara Valley Water District
mouth San Francisco Bay
mouthLocation southern end of San Francisco Bay
partOfWatershed Coyote Creek
surface form: Coyote Creek watershed
passesNear Coyote Valley
Morgan Hill
surface form: Morgan Hill, California
region South Bay
state California, United States
surface form: California
subjectTo habitat restoration projects
urban runoff pollution
supportsSpecies Chinook salmon
riparian birds
steelhead trout
usedFor flood control
groundwater recharge
recreation

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South Bay bodiesOfWater Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)
San Jacinto Fault Zone segment Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)
this entity surface form: Coyote Creek segment