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Bishop Creek is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km) [1] stream in Inyo County, California. It is the largest tributary of the Owens River. It has five hydroelectric plants owned by Southern California Edison, Bishop Creek #2–6. Bishop Creek #1 was never completed.
It is believed that native people in the upper portion of the valley once built dams across the Owens River (and possibly one of its major tributaries, Bishop Creek) to divert water into local canals.
Rock Creek is a stream that flows from the high Eastern Sierra Nevada to the Owens River in Mono County of eastern California. The upper watershed is in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra and Inyo National Forests. Course. Rock Creek drains from the Sierra Crest near Bear Creek Spire.
Oct 17, 2016 · This 10 mile stream is the largest tributary of the Owens River (the river that created the valley located east of the Sierra Nevada). The creek can be accessed from Bishop, a city located in the valley floor at a 4,150 feet (1,260 m) altitude.
Direct and indirect Tributaries of the Owens River — in eastern California. Pages in category "Tributaries of the Owens River" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Emerging from the Pleasant Valley Reservoir, the Owens River continues south, gaining water primarily from tributary streams and from pumped and flowing wells before discharging into the Tinemaha Reservoir at the south end of the Bishop Basin.
Bishop Creek is a 10.1-mile-long stream in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains spanning across two of Inyo County’s thirteen watersheds (EPA 2018) and is the largest tributary of the Owens River.
