• Mouth of the Eel River
  The Eel River meets the Pacific Ocean at the end of its 3,971 square mile watershed. It is one of the few California rivers running south to north.
• Scott Dam
  Dam at Lake Pillsbury.
• Potter Valley
  
• Van Arsdale
  Total Drainage at Gage: 349 square miles
  274,400 acre feet per year (avg 1923-2000)
  Water Year 2000:
  Nov: 4,630 acre-feet
  Dec: 6,420 acre-feet
  Jan: 17,850 acre-feet
  Feb: 151,900 acre-feet
  Mar: 71,040 acre-feet
  Apr: 6,790 acre-feet
  May: 8,460 acre-feet
  
• Dos Rios
  
• Van Duzen River
  
• Outlet Creek
  Outlet Creek Drainage: 159 square miles
  Total Drainage at Gage: 528 square miles
  148,700 acre feet per year (avg 1923-2000)
  Water Year 1991:
  Nov: 1,310 acre-feet
  Dec: 1,340 acre-feet
  Jan: 1,650 acre-feet
  Feb: 4,590 acre-feet
  Mar: 99,010 acre-feet
  Apr: 30,650 acre-feet
  May: 5,060 acre-feet
  
• Ferndale
  
• North Fork
  North Fork Drainage: 286 square miles
  Total Drainage at Gage: 2,107 square miles
  3,399,000 acre feet per year (avg 1955-2000)
  Water Year 2000:
  Nov: 87,470 acre-feet
  Dec: 125,500 acre-feet
  Jan: 556,900 acre-feet
  Feb: 1,144,000 acre-feet
  Mar: 551,100 acre-feet
  Apr: 174,200 acre-feet
  May: 91,370 acre-feet
  
• South Fork
  South Fork Drainage: 689 square miles
  
• Middle Fork
  Middle Fork Drainage: 758 square miles
  Total Drainage at Gage: 758 square miles
  1,146,000 acre feet per year (avg 1966-2000)
  Water Year 2000:
  Nov: 33,790 acre-feet
  Dec: 41,440 acre-feet
  Jan: 199,600 acre-feet
  Feb: 322,100 acre-feet
  Mar: 185,500 acre-feet
  Apr: 100,000 acre-feet
  May: 44,190 acre-feet
  June: 8,160 acre-feet
  

The Eel River is a major river system of the north coast of California. Approximately 200 miles long, it drains a rugged area in the California Coast Ranges between the Sacramento Valley and the ocean. For most of its course, the river flows northwest, parallel to the coast. The river has both State (1972) and Federal (1981) Wild and Scenic River status. There are 97 miles classified as Wild and 28 miles classified as Scenic along the river's course. The Eel River's watershed of 3,971 square miles is the third largest entirely in California. The river and its tributaries total 3,448 river miles, flowing through Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity counties.

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