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Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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An inland delta in central California formed where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet before draining into San Francisco Bay. Its network of leveed islands and channels supplies drinking and irrigation water to a large share of the state's population and farmland.

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