Venice Island (California)
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Venice Island is an island
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California
, fifteen kilometres northwest of Stockton
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The 1250 ha (3,088.8 acre) island is bounded on the north- and northeast by Potato Slough, on the southeast by Little Connection Slough, on the south by the Stockton Deepwater Channel Venice Cut, and on the west, the San Joaquin 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:...
, fifteen 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...
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The 1250 ha (3,088.8 acre) island is bounded on the north- and northeast by Potato Slough, on the southeast by Little Connection Slough, on the south by the Stockton Deepwater Channel Venice Cut, and on the west, the San Joaquin River
San Joaquin River
The San Joaquin River is the largest river of Central California in the United States. At over long, the river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through a rich agricultural region known as the San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean...
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