Dominguez Channel
River in southern Los Angeles County, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dominguez Channel (Spanish: Canal de Domínguez)[1] is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km)[2] river in southern Los Angeles County, California, in the center of the Dominguez Watershed of 133 square miles (340 km2).[3]
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Dominguez Channel | |
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Location | |
County | Southern Los Angeles County |
State | California |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Local drainage system |
• location | Hawthorne |
Mouth | San Pedro Bay, Pacific Ocean |
• location | Wilmington at East Basin, Port of Los Angeles |
Basin size | Dominguez Watershed 133 sq mi (340 km2) |
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The watershed area is 96 percent developed and largely residential. Subsurface storm drain tributaries and open flood control channels flow into the channel.[4] The channel originally was named after a racial slur but was changed to Laguna de Los Dominguez in 1938.[5]