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The major water source into the
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1484:Walnut Creek
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1691:Mill Valley
1620:Suisun City
1570:Morgan Hill
1535:Foster City
1459:San Leandro
1348:Santa Clara
1240:Santa Clara
1185:Tomales Bay
1105:Grizzly Bay
1100:Golden Gate
971:Rollingwood
873:San Lorenzo
828:El Sobrante
750:San Leandro
447:November 1,
279:Briones Dam
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131:122°12′18″W
118:Coordinates
1993:Categories
1881:Cherryland
1832:Yountville
1817:Sebastopol
1807:St. Helena
1767:Cloverdale
1676:Healdsburg
1666:Emeryville
1605:San Carlos
1565:Menlo Park
1530:El Cerrito
1510:Burlingame
1479:Union City
1464:San Rafael
1449:Pleasanton
1353:Santa Rosa
1180:Suisun Bay
1125:Napa River
1085:Bodega Bay
1002:AC Transit
981:Tara Hills
961:Port Costa
936:Kensington
833:Emeryville
823:El Cerrito
808:Cherryland
765:Union City
745:Pleasanton
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489:2015-05-15
406:References
346:Recreation
340:Kensington
248:California
223:References
128:37°54′54″N
1937:North Bay
1871:Bay Point
1861:Alum Rock
1812:Sausalito
1762:Calistoga
1752:Belvedere
1740:Under 10k
1721:Rio Vista
1610:San Pablo
1600:San Bruno
1555:Los Gatos
1550:Los Altos
1545:Lafayette
1469:San Ramon
1444:Pittsburg
1434:Palo Alto
1409:Livermore
1394:Cupertino
1389:Brentwood
1363:Vacaville
1358:Sunnyvale
1343:San Mateo
1323:Fairfield
1318:Daly City
1296:100k–250k
1235:San Mateo
1076:Bodies of
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941:Knightsen
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884:under 10k
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735:Pittsburg
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695:Brentwood
363:trailhead
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1911:Stanford
1896:Fairview
1849:over 10k
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1757:Brisbane
1747:Atherton
1711:Piedmont
1696:Millbrae
1686:Larkspur
1615:Saratoga
1585:Pacifica
1560:Martinez
1540:Hercules
1520:Danville
1515:Campbell
1439:Petaluma
1414:Milpitas
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1308:Berkeley
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863:Piedmont
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838:Fairview
720:Martinez
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683:25k-100k
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373:See also
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102:Location
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1822:Tiburon
1782:Fairfax
1651:Clayton
1634:10k–25k
1625:Windsor
1505:Benicia
1500:Belmont
1493:25k–50k
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1368:Vallejo
1333:Hayward
1328:Fremont
1313:Concord
1303:Antioch
1277:Oakland
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1429:Novato
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1399:Dublin
1259:Cities
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926:Diablo
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1956:Other
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1772:Colma
1661:Dixon
1263:towns
1220:Marin
1078:water
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966:Rodeo
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