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KRIS West Marin-Sonoma: Map Page

Area Regional
Topic Climate: Upper Lagunitas Cr at Lagunitas Lk Annual Rainfall 1879-1999
 
The California Department of Water Resources operates several rain gauges in the KRIS West Martin Sonoma project area, including the Lagunitas Lake rain gauge for which records are displayed for this Topic. Note that gauges near Mt. Tamalpais have higher rainfall than places on the coast. Rainfall is higher near mountain peaks due to a phenomenon known as the orographic effect. Muir Woods is a slight distance from the peak and at lower elevation and, consequently, has lower rainfall. Displayed in the background are KRIS sub-basins and the annual rainfall model from Oregon State University.


 To view metadata about a map layer, click on a link in the table below.
Name of Layer in Map LegendMetadata File Name
Rain Gages (DWR) raingages_wms_dwr.shp.txt
Subbasins (no labels) subbasins.shp.txt
Frame Project Outline Unavailable
Mean Annual Rainfall (Inches) rain61_90.shp.txt
Topo Map, North (1:24k scale) Unavailable
Topo Map, South (1:24k scale) Unavailable
Elevation (10 m resolution) elev10.tif.txt
Project Background Unavailable

 
 
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