Feather River Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Feather River
Río de las Plumas, Ya-loo
River
Freight train crossing the North Fork, 2017
Country	United States
State	California
Regions	Butte County, Yuba County, Sutter County

Part of	Sacramento River Basin
Tributaries
- left	Yuba River, Bear River
- right	Sutter Bypass
Cities	Oroville, Yuba City, Marysville


Primary source	North Fork Feather River
- location	Confluence of Rice Creek and South Arm Rice Creek, Plumas County
- elevation	5,436 ft (1,657 m)
Secondary source	Middle Fork Feather River
- location	Near Beckwourth, Sierra Valley, Plumas County
- elevation	4,872 ft (1,485 m)
Source confluence	Lake Oroville
- location	Upstream of Oroville Dam
- elevation	902 ft (275 m)
Mouth	Sacramento River
- location	Verona
- elevation	26 ft (8 m)

Length	73 mi (117 km), North-south
Basin	6,197 sq mi (16,050 km²)
Discharge	for Nicolaus
- average	8,321 cu ft/s (236 m³/s)
- max	357,000 cu ft/s (10,109 m³/s)
- min	222 cu ft/s (6 m³/s)


National Wild and Scenic River
Type:	Wild, Scenic, Recreational
Designated:	October 2, 1968

The Feather River is a river in Northern California in the United States. It is a tributary of the Sacramento River. The river originates in the Sierra Nevada mountains and is 114 kilometres (71 mi) long, flowing in a general southward direction.

The river is an important source of drinking and irrigation water for California. Oroville Dam is located on the river, near the city of Oroville.

Tributaries

Buzzard Springs, partial source of the North Fork Feather River, near Rice Creek and with Lassen Peak in the background
Aerial view of the region of the confluence of the Feather and Yuba rivers at Marysville and Yuba City