Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It... 26 KB (2,801 words) - 17:22, 25 March 2024 |
area hundreds of feet deep. One lobe of this material moved south into Owens Valley, past present-day Big Pine, California. Another lobe moved west over... 22 KB (2,701 words) - 06:53, 17 April 2024 |
Owens Lake is a mostly dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km)... 25 KB (2,612 words) - 10:48, 10 April 2024 |
Owens River is a river in eastern California in the United States, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley... 28 KB (2,816 words) - 01:30, 19 January 2024 |
The 1872 Owens Valley earthquake – also known as the Lone Pine earthquake – struck on March 26 at 02:30 local time in the Owens Valley (California, along... 9 KB (827 words) - 20:51, 11 April 2023 |
Mono people (redirect from Owens Valley Paiute) Nevada in the Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ/Payahuunadu – "place/land of flowing water") along the Owens River (Wakopee) and south to Owens Lake (Pacheta)... 23 KB (2,747 words) - 20:29, 15 April 2024 |
California water wars (category Owens Valley) Angeles prevailed and kept the water flowing. By 1926, Owens Lake at the bottom of Owens Valley was completely dry due to water diversion. The water needs... 40 KB (4,681 words) - 05:04, 26 January 2024 |
William Mulholland (section Owens Valley conflict) Aqueduct, a 233-mile-long (375 km) system to move water from Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley. The creation and operation of the aqueduct led to the... 41 KB (4,440 words) - 00:22, 11 January 2024 |
Los Angeles Aqueduct (redirect from Owens Valley aqueduct) The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance... 43 KB (4,742 words) - 13:41, 23 March 2024 |
118.617325°W / 37.574515; -118.617325 The Owens River Gorge is a steep 10 mi (16 km) canyon on the upper Owens River in eastern California in the United... 3 KB (277 words) - 08:27, 15 December 2021 |
century, by which Los Angeles interests secured water rights in the Owens Valley. The Robert Evans production, released by Paramount Pictures, was Polanski's... 59 KB (5,822 words) - 17:11, 23 April 2024 |
Mono language (California) (redirect from Owens Valley Paiute language) The name "Monachi" is commonly used in reference to Western Mono and "Owens Valley Paiute" in reference to Eastern Mono. In 1925, Alfred Kroeber estimated... 13 KB (911 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024 |
Manzanar (redirect from Owens Valley Reception Center) the area was settled by the Owens Valley Paiute, who ranged across the Owens Valley from Long Valley on the north to Owens Lake on the south, and from... 107 KB (10,472 words) - 10:58, 3 April 2024 |
Crowley Lake (redirect from Long Valley Dam) after Fr. John J. Crowley, "the desert Padre", who was a key figure in Owens Valley history and a local hero. When it became obvious that the city of Los... 7 KB (666 words) - 18:41, 6 August 2023 |
Bishop, California (category Owens Valley) entire valley became known as The Owens Valley (see First Settlers below). The Paiute Indians called Owens Lake by the name of "Pacheta" and the Owens River... 46 KB (4,626 words) - 02:07, 26 April 2024 |
The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation are a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians in... 10 KB (1,144 words) - 12:15, 11 April 2024 |
the Owens Valley, sitting 10,778 feet (3,285 m) or just over 2 mi (3.2 km) above the town of Lone Pine 15 mi (24 km) to the east, in the Owens Valley. It... 31 KB (2,663 words) - 17:04, 25 March 2024 |
Deep Springs Valley is a high desert valley in the Inyo-White Mountains of Inyo County, California. It is east of the Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada... 5 KB (693 words) - 22:19, 3 December 2022 |
2022–2023 California floods (section Owens Valley) Zoo closed on January 10 due to storm damage. Owens Valley also experienced flooding which resulted in Owens Lake being flooded for the first time in over... 61 KB (4,670 words) - 21:03, 15 April 2024 |
California quail (redirect from Valley Quail) southern Santa Cruz County C. c. canfieldae (Van Rossem, 1939) – Owen Valley quail – Owens Valley of east central California C. c. catalinensis (Grinnell, 1906)... 12 KB (1,139 words) - 06:45, 23 April 2024 |
Bishop Paiute Tribe (redirect from Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center) is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians of the Owens Valley, in Inyo County of eastern California. As of 2022, the United States... 7 KB (757 words) - 07:21, 9 January 2024 |
who have inhabited the region in and around Death Valley, California, and the southern Owens Valley since late prehistoric times. There are a few elderly... 9 KB (735 words) - 16:31, 4 December 2023 |
U.S. Route 395 in California (category Owens Valley) the Owens Valley. US 395 traverses the entire length of the Owens Valley, entering the valley near the former site of the Owens Lake. The valley, named... 53 KB (4,632 words) - 12:52, 21 January 2024 |
It used gravity alone to bring the water 233 miles (375 km) from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. The project was completed in 1913, on time and under... 77 KB (10,359 words) - 00:43, 19 April 2024 |