Sacramento River Quiz

What is the length of the Sacramento River?

• 500 miles

• 384 miles

• 250 miles

• 100 miles

Which mountain range feeds the headwaters of the Sacramento River?

• Sierra Nevada

• Coast Ranges

• Klamath Mountains

• Cascade Range

The Sacramento River provides what percentage of California's surface water runoff?

• 10%

• 20%

• 31%

• 50%

Which of the following crops is not primarily grown in the Sacramento Valley?

• Rice

• Wheat

• Cotton

• Alfalfa

How much of California’s salmon is reared in the Sacramento River?

• 30%

• 50%

• 70%

• 90%

What dam regulates the headwaters of the Sacramento River?

• Oroville Dam

• Shasta Dam

• Hoover Dam

• Folsom Dam

The Sacramento River converges with which other river to form the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta?

• Feather River

• Stanislaus River

• San Joaquin River

• American River

What percentage of the original riparian forests along the Sacramento River remain today?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• Less than 5%

Lake Oroville serves as the primary storage reservoir for which project?

• Central Valley Project

• State Water Project

• Federal Water Project

• Bay-Delta Project

Which is the largest tributary to the Sacramento River?

• Feather River

• McCloud River

• Pit River

• American River