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Carmel River

River in Garland Ranch Regional Park, Carmel River State Beach, Ventana Wilderness, Coast Ranges, Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area in Carmel Valley Village, CA

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The Carmel River is a 36 mi (58 km) river on the Central Coast of California in Monterey County that originates in the Ventana Wilderness Area of the Santa Lucia Mountains. The river flows northwest through the Carmel Valley with its mouth at the Pacific Ocean south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, at Carmel Bay. It is often considered the northern boundary of Big Sur. The Carmel River drains a watershed of about 255 square miles (660 km²).

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