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The lake used to be a tourist attraction for boating and fishing, as it contained a large number of fish. During a long drought in 2016, the lake lost almost all of its water. This was described by local media and experts as an environmental catastrophe caused by several factors, including climate change and the use of water for mining. [2]
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The dam has a length of 750 feet (230 m) at its crest and a storage capacity of 56,893 acre-feet (70,176,000 m 3). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Donnells Reservoir, along with the two other dams of that make up the Tri-Dam Project, currently provide water for the irrigation of about 117,500 acres (47,600 ha) of farmland in Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties. [ 6 ]
The lake is contaminated with mineral sediments and garbage, and since 2021, annual clean-ups have helped reclaim some 19 hectares (47 acres) that had been covered with trash, according to city ...
Upper Blue Lake is about 1,361 feet (415 m) above sea level, covers about 55 acres (22 ha) and contains about 3,960 acre-feet (4,880,000 m 3) of water. [1] Lower Blue Lake is shallower and covers 53 acres (21 ha). [3] The Köppen climate classification is Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate. [4]
Coyote Creek (Spanish: Arroyo Coyote) [6] [7] is a river that flows through the Santa Clara Valley in Northern California. Its source is on Mount Sizer, in the mountains east of Morgan Hill. It eventually flows into Anderson Lake in Morgan Hill and then northwards through Coyote Valley to San Jose, where it empties into San Francisco Bay.
The Kern River Valley has a thriving tourism and outdoor recreation industry centered around its lake, rivers, and mountains. Camping, hunting and fishing are popular activities, as are white water rafting, boating, and other water sports. During wintertime, snow sports are possible in the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountains.
It drains Lake Titicaca from the southern part of the river basin, flowing south and draining approximately five percent of the lake's flood waters into Lake Uru Uru and Lake Poopó. [1] Its source in the north is very near the Peruvian border. It is navigable only by small craft and supports indigenous communities such as the Uru Muratu community.