Santa Clara River
The Santa Clara River is an 83 mi long river in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in Southern California. It drains parts of four ranges in the Transverse Ranges System north and northwest of Los Angeles, then flows west onto the Oxnard Plain and into the Santa Barbara Channel of the Pacific Ocean.- Type: River (intermittent)
- Description: river of California, United States
- Also known as: “Rio de la Santa Clara”, “Rio De Santa Clara”, and “Santa Clara Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Santa Clarita station and Saugus High School.
Santa Clarita station
Railway station
Santa Clarita station is a Metrolink train station in the city of Santa Clarita, California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saugus and Santa Clarita Valley.
Santa Clara River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ventura County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.42363° or 34° 25′ 25″ north
Longitude
-118.5129° or 118° 30′ 46″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
8563CFFP+FR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
OpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Santa Clara River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر سانتا كلارا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Santa Clara”
- Catalan: “Santa Clara”
- Cebuano: “Santa Clara River”
- Dutch: “Santa Clara River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سانتا كلارا”
- French: “Santa Clara”
- German: “Santa Clara River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Santa Clara”
- Japanese: “サンタクララ川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Clara River”
- Norwegian: “Santa Clara River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Santa Clara”
- Russian: “Санта-Клара”
- Spanish: “Río Santa Clara”
- Venetian: “Santa Clara”
- Welsh: “Afon Santa Clara”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Honby and Rancho Santa Clarita.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Station 104 and Santa Clarita Lanes.
Ventura County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Oxnard and Ventura.
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