MERCED RIVER HUMMER TRAVEL BUG
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jaymanges
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Released:
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
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Origin:
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California, United States
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The Merced River (pronounced "mer-SED") is a 112-mile (180 km) river in the U.S. state of California. The river drains 1,726 square miles (4,470 km2) of mostly rugged terrain, and is fed primarily by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada. Its headwaters are in the southeastern half of Yosemite National Park. The river flows into Yosemite Valley and west through the Merced River Canyon. Much of the water is stored behind the New Exchequer dam in Lake McClure, and diverted by the Merced Irrigation District at the Crocker-Huffman diversion dam. The remainder of the water flows southwest through foothills, and then across the San Joaquin Valley to join the San Joaquin River.
The Merced River is protected under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. It is free flowing until Lake McClure, and tends to flood in the winter and spring, and then reduces to a mere trickle in the late summer and fall, after all of the snowpack has melted. Highway 140 runs along part of the Merced River and is one of the main roads into Yosemite National Park. Numerous recreational opportunities are present along the Merced River, including fishing, kayaking, whitewater rafting, camping, hiking, swimming, and picnic areas.
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