It is truly a SHOCK!...to be driving through the dry-land central valley of California, with "golden" (dead) grass, all around and suddenly view an "ocean forging ship" in the middle of Stockton....50 miles south of Sacramento and 100 miles from the coast.
The river appears in several Chanty verses.
http://www.portofstockton.com/
Sincerely,
Gargoyle