Fluvius Innominatus

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Fluvius Innominatus (Latin for: unnamed river) or Central Creek [1] is a creek in Richmond and El Cerrito, California, in western Contra Costa County. There is one main source and a secondary unnamed tributary. The creek drains into Hoffman Marsh and then flows into the bay through Point Isabel Regional Shoreline's Hoffman Channel. [2] However, before the area was developed and as early as 1899 the creek had 11 sources which stretched far higher into the Berkeley Hills. [3]

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37°54′21″N122°19′09″W / 37.90584°N 122.31925°W / 37.90584; -122.31925


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