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The lake was created in 1966 with the completion of Lower Hell Hole Dam across the Rubicon River, a major tributary of the Middle Fork of the American River. [1] Hell Hole is named for a deep canyon which is now under the waters of the lake. How the canyon came to be named Hell Hole is a combination of folklore and speculation. An early author ...
Lake Tahoe inflow streams contribute 310,000 acre-feet (0.38 km 3) of the 530,000 acre-feet (0.65 km 3) of water that flows through Lake Tahoe every year. [2] The list, below, groups rivers and creeks that flow into the lake by their locations on the north, east, south and west shores, in a clockwise order.
This article lists the largest lakes, natural and man-made, in the United States by volume—the amount of water they contain under normal conditions. Volumes given for lakes shared with Canada and Mexico are for the total volume of the lake.
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The snowpack at Phillips Station, located west of Lake Tahoe, recorded 29 inches of snow on Tuesday morning during a monthly snow survey by the California Department of Water Resources.
All fifty-three reservoirs that contain over 100,000 acre-feet (0.12 km 3) of water at maximum capacity are listed. This includes those formed by raising the level of natural lakes, such as at Lake Tahoe.
Canyon Lake: Railroad Canyon Dam: ... Lake Hemet Municipal Water District: 1895: Masonry (arch) 135: 41: ... Lake Tahoe: Lake Tahoe Dam: Truckee River: