Bouldin Island
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Bouldin Island is an island
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California
, twenty kilometres northwest of Stockton
. The 2400 ha (5,930.5 acre) island is bounded on the north by South Mokelumne River, on the east by Little Potato Slough, on the south by Potato Slough, and on the west, Mokelumne River
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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 685,306. The county seat is Stockton.-History:...
, twenty kilometres northwest of Stockton
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...
. The 2400 ha (5,930.5 acre) island is bounded on the north by South Mokelumne River, on the east by Little Potato Slough, on the south by Potato Slough, and on the west, Mokelumne River
Mokelumne River
The Mokelumne River is a river in Northern California. The Upper Mokelumne River originates in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and flows into Pardee Reservoir and then Camanche Reservoir in the Sierra foothills. The Lower Mokelumne River refers to the portion of the river below Camanche Dam...
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