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An artificial lake, it was created in 1932 with the completion of the Owyhee Dam. [5] The lake supplies water for irrigation for 1,800 farms covering 118,000 acres of land in Eastern Oregon and Southwestern Idaho. [6] Seasonal Lake Owyhee State Park is located on the northeast shore and includes a boat ramp. [7] [8]
West Little Owyhee River is a 63.1-mile-long (101.5 km) [5] tributary of the Owyhee River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The source of the river is at an elevation of 6,508 feet (1,984 m) near McDermitt , while the mouth is at an elevation of 4,373 feet (1,333 m) in the Owyhee Desert . [ 1 ]
Michigan's 20 largest inland lakes. This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes. The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are: 62,798 lakes ≥ 0.1 acres (0.00040 km 2) [1] 26,266 lakes ≥ 1.0 acre (0.0040 km 2) [1] 6,537 lakes ≥ 10.0 acres (0.040 ...
Owyhee Lake at the dead end of Leslie Gulch Road, with Slocum Creek Campground in left corner. July 2017. Leslie Gulch is a canyon in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is on the east side of Owyhee Lake, a reservoir on the Owyhee River. Its abundant and striking rock formations are made of tuff.
The Lake Fork West Owyhee River is a short tributary of the West Little Owyhee River that begins near the Cat, Bend, and Pedroli springs near the eastern boundary of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation (for the Paiute and Shoshone native tribes) near the old U.S. Army cavalry post of Fort McDermitt (1865 / 1866-1889), in southern Malheur ...
The Owyhee River Wilderness is located on the high basalt plateaus of Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho in the western United States. The wilderness area is named after and protects the upper Owyhee River, its tributaries, and the surrounding desert canyon landscape. [1] Whitewater rafting is a popular recreational activity in this wilderness ...
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Owyhee Dam (National ID # OR00582) is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon near Adrian, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1932 during the Great Depression , the dam generates electricity and provides irrigation water for several irrigation districts in Oregon and neighboring Idaho .