Lichau Creek

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Coordinates: 38°16′27″N 122°40′39″W / 38.27417, -122.6775
Lichau Creek
stream
none Lichau Creek and a stand of eucalyptus
Lichau Creek and a stand of eucalyptus
Country United States
State California
Region Sonoma County
Tributaries
 - left Willow Brook
City Penngrove, California
Source Sonoma Mountain
 - location 7 mi (11 km) north of Petaluma, California
 - elevation 1,725 ft (526 m)
 - coordinates 38°19′47″N 122°35′38″W / 38.32972, -122.59389 [1]
Mouth Petaluma River
 - location 4 mi (6.4 km) northwest of Petaluma, California
 - elevation 30 ft (9 m) [1]
 - coordinates 38°16′27″N 122°40′39″W / 38.27417, -122.6775 [1]
Length 9 mi (14 km) [2]

Lichau Creek is a southwest-flowing stream in Sonoma County, California, United States which flows through the town of Penngrove and discharges into the Petaluma River.

[edit] Flora and fauna

A 1968 survey of Lichau Creek[2] found algae, duckweed, cattails, dragonflies, dipterous insects, caddisflies, frogs, steelhead trout, and sticklebacks living in the creek.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c USGS GNIS: Lichau Creek
  2. ^ a b Department of Fish and Game Stream Survey. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
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