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The project provides water to about 210,000 acres (85,000 ha) of cropland, 62% of which are in Oregon and 38% in California. Water from the Lost River basin is diverted to the Klamath River basin, mainly through the Lost River Diversion Channel, about 4 mi (6.4 km) downstream of Olene. The 8 mi (13 km) channel can also supply water by reverse ...
The Lost River is so-named because the brook draining the southern part of Kinsman Notch disappears below the surface in a narrow, steep-walled glacial gorge. The gorge is partially filled with immense blocks of granite, through the spaces of which the brook cascades along its subterranean course until it eventually emerges and joins the Pemigewasset River, which flows southward from Franconia ...
Lost River Diversion Dam, completed 1912. The Klamath Project contains seven dams, [6] all of them on tributaries of the Klamath River itself. In chronological order of completion, they are: the Clear Lake Dam, completed in 1910, replaced 2002, for flood control and water storage. It impounds Lost River to form Clear Lake Reservoir
Tule Lake is fed by the Lost River. The elevation of the lake is 4,035 ft (1,230 m). [1] It is one of twenty ancient lakes in the world that have existed continuously for more than 1 million years. [3] However, this has recently come under significant threat due to multiple years of drought conditions. [4]
The reservoir is impounded by Mackay Dam, which was built in 1918 by the Big Lost River Irrigation District. U.S. Route 93 travel along the eastern side of the reservoir. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The towns of Mackay and Arco put on a Fourth of July fireworks show at the reservoir every year.
Cave entrance. Lost River Cave is a seven-mile cave system located in Bowling Green, Kentucky.The Lost River originates outside of the cave and flows into it. The cave contains one of the largest natural entrances in the Eastern U.S. Boat tours are available year-round, but closed for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
A couple in Australia have been accused of faking their young son's cancer diagnosis "It will be alleged that the accused shaved their 6-year-old child’s head, eyebrows, placed him in a ...
The dam diverted most of the flow of the river, about 2,400 to 2,500 cu ft/s (68 to 71 m 3 /s), through a flume and tunnels to a 27 megawatt powerhouse 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream, on the upstream end of Iron Gate Reservoir. The diversion bypassed a canyon section of the Klamath River that historically consisted of some steep rapids.