Here’s a neat graphic of the relative size of America’s rivers. The Sacramento doesn’t look so big here. Which makes it important to note that to note that the Sacramento-San Joaquin system (40,000 cfs) carries about twice the flow of the Colorado under natural conditions (20,000 cfs). No wonder the Delta is in crisis.
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