San Joaquin RiverArticle Free Pass San Joaquin River, river in
central California, U.S. It is formed by forks rising on Mount
Goddard in the Sierra Nevada and flows southwest and then north-
northwest past Stockton to join the Sacramento River above
Suisun Bay after a course of 350 miles (560 km). It is dammed
for hydroelectric power (impounded thereby are Florence, Shaver,
and Huntington lakes). The river drains the northern half of the
San Joaquin Valley, itself the southern part of the Central
Valley and one of the most productive agricultural regions in
the United States. Several national wildlife refuges are located
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