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Prospect Island viewed from the southeast in a 2018 aerial photo; to its southeast is Ryer Island and to its northwest is the flooded Liberty Island. Prospect Island is a small island in the San Joaquin River delta, in California.
Delta Conveyance Project, formerly known as California Water Fix and Eco Restore or the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, is a $15 billion plan proposed by Governor Jerry Brown and the California Department of Water Resources to build a 36 foot diameter tunnel to carry fresh water from the Sacramento River southward under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Bethany Reservoir for use by the State ...
The delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is an endangered slender-bodied smelt, about 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) long, in the family Osmeridae.Endemic to the upper Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary of California, it mainly inhabits the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone of the estuary, except during its spawning season, when it migrates upstream to fresh water following winter "first flush" flow ...
Delta Towers was the first retirement center founded by any of the African-American sororities or fraternities in the United States. While many African-American sororities and fraternities subsequently established, or have plans to establish, retirement centers, Delta Sigma Theta, once again, remains a leader in setting the standard for others ...
Delta Air Lines is a major American airline. [1] [2] The company's history began with the world's first aerial crop dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters Inc., founded in 1925 in Macon, Georgia [3] to combat the boll weevil infestation of cotton crops. [4] C.E. Woolman, general manager and later Delta's first CEO, led a group of ...
Staten Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, twenty-five kilometres northwest of Stockton. [1] [2] [3] The 3,700 ha (9,100 acres) is bordered on the east and south by South Mokelumne River, and on the west and north by North Mokelumne River. [4] It is in San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation District 38.
The delta is taken from the USSF Seal; the Delta evokes historic ties to the earliest days of the U.S. Air Force space community, and symbolizes change and innovation. The dark and light shades of grey within the delta embody the 24/7 operations of the Space Force, while the placement and upward orientation of the delta reveals the central role ...
Sutter Delta Medical Center. / 37.9821443; -121.8027333. Sutter Delta Medical Center is a 145-bed general medical/surgical hospital in Antioch, California. [1] A Level II Trauma Center, Sutter Delta is a not-for-profit teaching hospital and is ranked as a High Performing hospital for COPD and heart failure. [2] It is part of Sutter Health .