Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County)
| Arroyo Seco | |
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The Devil's Gate at the Arroyo Seco River before its 1920 damming. Note the "devil's profile" in the rock to the right. | |
Location of the mouth of Arroyo Seco in California | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | San Gabriel Mountains |
| • location | near Red Box Gap, Angeles National Forest |
| • coordinates | 34°16′10″N 118°06′19″W / 34.26944°N 118.10528°W |
| • elevation | 5,200 ft (1,600 m) |
| Mouth | Los Angeles River |
• location | Glendale Narrows, near Lincoln Heights, United States of America |
• coordinates | 34°04′44″N 118°13′33″W / 34.07889°N 118.22583°W |
• elevation | 302 ft (92 m) |
| Length | 24.9 mi (40.1 km) |
| Basin size | 46.7 sq mi (121 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | near Pasadena |
| • average | 10.1 cu ft/s (0.29 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 8,620 cu ft/s (244 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bear Creek, Los Angeles, Millard Creek, Los Angeles |
The Arroyo Seco, meaning "dry stream" in Spanish, is a 24.9-mile-long (40.1 km) seasonal river, canyon, watershed, and cultural area in Los Angeles County, California. The area was explored by Gaspar de Portolà, who named the stream Arroyo Seco because its canyon had the least water of any he had seen. During this exploration, he met the Chief Hahamog-na (Hahamongna) of the Tongva Indians.