American River
The American River is a 30-mile-long river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento.
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in California, United States
- Also known as: “Abhainn Meiriceánach”, “Abhainn Mheiriceá”, “Abhainn Mheiriceánach”, “American Fork”, “El rio americano”, “El río americano”, “El rio de los americanos”, “El río de los americanos”, “Rio Americano”, “Río Americano”, “Rio de los americanos”, “Rio De Los Americanos”, “Río de los americanos”, “Rio Ojotska”, “Wild River”, “Америка (река)”, “Американ-Ривер (река)”, and “美利堅河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sacramento Valley Station and 7th & Richards/Township 9 station.
7th & Richards/Township 9 station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sacramento and West Sacramento.
Sacramento
Sacramento is the state capital of California in the United States.
West Sacramento
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Gardenland
Hamlet
Gardenland is a neighborhood in the city of Sacramento, California, around the Natomas Basin. Gardenland is situated 2 miles northeast of American River.
American River
- Categories: river, gold river, and body of water
- Location: Sacramento County, Sacramento Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.5974° or 38° 35′ 51″ north
Longitude
-121.50801° or 121° 30′ 29″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
84CWHFWR+XQ
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“American River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ամերիկյան գետ”
- Asturian: “Ríu American”
- Belarusian: “Амерыкан-Рывер (прыток Сакрамента)”
- Belarusian: “Амерыкан-Рывер”
- Catalan: “riu American”
- Catalan: “Riu American”
- Cebuano: “American River”
- Chinese: “亞美利加河”
- Chinese: “美利坚河”
- Chinese: “美国河”
- Chinese: “美國河”
- Chuvash: “Американ-Ривер”
- Czech: “American”
- Dutch: “American River”
- Esperanto: “Amerika Rivero”
- Estonian: “American River”
- Finnish: “Americanjoki”
- French: “American River”
- German: “American River”
- Hebrew: “נהר אמריקן”
- Irish: “An Abhainn Mheiriceánach”
- Italian: “American”
- Japanese: “アメリカン川”
- Korean: “아메리칸 강”
- Korean: “아메리칸강”
- Malayalam: “അമേരിക്കൻ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ამერიკან-რივერი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “American River”
- Persian: “رود امریکن”
- Polish: “American”
- Portuguese: “Rio American”
- Russian: “Американ-Ривер (приток Сакраменто)”
- Russian: “Американ-Ривер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “American (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “American”
- Slovenian: “American River”
- Spanish: “río de los Americanos”
- Spanish: “Río de los Americanos”
- Turkish: “American Nehri”
- Urdu: “دریائے امیریکن”
- Venetian: “American”
- Welsh: “Afon American”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Broderick and Peethill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tiscornia Park and Jibboom Street Bridge.
Sacramento County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Sacramento and Elk Grove.
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