Elkhorn Slough
Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-long (11 km) tidal slough and estuary on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. The community of Moss Landing and the Moss Landing Power Plant are located at the mouth of the slough on the bay. Elkhorn Slough harbors the largest tract of tidal salt marsh in California outside of the San Francisco Bay and provides much-needed habitat for hundreds of species of plants and animals, including more than 340 species of birds.
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Elkhorn Slough
Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-long (11 km) tidal slough and estuary on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. The community of Moss Landing and the Moss Landing Power Plant are located at the mouth of the slough on the bay. Elkhorn Slough harbors the largest tract of tidal salt marsh in California outside of the San Francisco Bay and provides much-needed habitat for hundreds of species of plants and animals, including more than 340 species of birds.
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Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-lon ...... ore than 340 species of birds.
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Long-billed curlew
Savannah sparrow
Tricolored blackbird
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State Important Bird Area
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Monterey County
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Aerial view of the mouth of Elkhorn Slough on Monterey Bay
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California Department of Fish and Game
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Location of Elkhorn Slough in California, USA
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Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-lon ...... ore than 340 species of birds.
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