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San Joaquin

American  
[san wo-keen] / ˌsæn wɒˈkin /

noun

  1. a river in California, flowing NW from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Sacramento River. 350 miles (560 km) long.


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There will also be chances of rain during the Labor Day weekend for the San Joaquin Valley, the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada, the weather service office in Hanford said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Over an alfalfa field in California's San Joaquin Valley, a small crop-spraying plane is flying scarily low to the ground.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

“The San Joaquin Marsh here is, you know, for the most part pretty quiet during the week,” Swift said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Inside a factory alongside Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley, a forklift delivered a stack of precut lumber to two waiting carpenters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

All summer They have lived On candies and plums, Bunches of grapes From their tw In the San Joaquin Valley.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto

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