Little River (Humboldt County)

Little River is the largest Pacific coastal drainage basin between the Mad River and Big Lagoon. Little River drains forested Franciscan assemblage of the California Coast Ranges. The lowermost mile of channel is through Quaternary alluvium and dune sand of an estuarine floodplain typical of coastal inlets along the Cascadia subduction zone. Land seaward of U.S. Route 101 forms Little River State Beach and Clam Beach County Park. The floodplain upstream of the highway 101 bridge is cleared as grazing pasture; and the upland portion of the drainage basin, including the former company town of Crannell, is in private ownership growing forest products.
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List of rivers in California
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