{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Little Cholame Creek | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = little-cholame-creek.jpg | image_caption = Little Cholame Creek at crossing over San Andreas Fault | image_size = 300 | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA California | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Little Cholame Creek in California <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = California | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Monterey County | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = City | subdivision_name5 = Parkfield, California <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|8|mi|km|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = On the southern flank of an unnamed peak in the southern part of the Diablo Range | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= {{coord|35|59|13|N|120|31|09|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=244906 |name=Little Cholame Creek}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|2690|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth = Parkfield, California | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|35|54|32|N|120|31|09|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|1560|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = Reason Mountain, Pine Canyon Creek, Joaquin Canyon Creek | tributaries_right = Middle Mountain Ridge | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

'''Little Cholame Creek''' is a perennial stream in southeastern Monterey County, California, United States.<ref name="USLTRCD-Watershed" /> The headwaters rise from an unnamed peak {{convert|2|mi|km|0|lk=off|abbr=off}} southwest of Reason Mountain, in the southern part of the Diablo Range. From there, the creek flows southeast along Parkfield-Coalinga Road, before reaching confluence with Cholame Creek.

==History== "Cholame" is a Yokuts Native American word meaning "the beautiful one". The creek runs through the northern part of Cholame Valley, along Parkfield-Coalinga Road, and on through the small town of Parkfield before crossing the San Andreas Fault and merging with Cholame Creek.

==See also== * Riparian zone

== References== <references>

<ref name="USLTRCD-Watershed"> {{cite web | date = | title = Cholame Creek Watershed | url = http://www.us-ltrcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Cholame-Cholame-Creek-Watershed.pdf | author = Upper Salinas Las Tablas Resource Conservation District | accessdate = 2017-08-10 }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{cite web | title = Map of Little Cholame Creek | url = http://www.google.com/maps/place/Little+Cholame+Creek/@35.9088513,-120.4458535,15z}}

Category:Rivers of Monterey County, California Category:Salinas River (California) Category:Rivers of Northern California

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