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The chemical makeup of Clear Lake allows it to live up to its name, with over 100 feet of visibility underwater, said Powelson. About 3,000 years ago, lava from an eruption of Sand Mountain flowed ...
Explore Oregon Podcast: Dive into a 3,000-year-old underwater forest at Clear Lake. Gannett. Elliott Deins and Zach Urness, Salem Statesman Journal. September 10, 2024 at 4:02 PM.
Clear Lake is a mountain lake 86 mi (138 km) northeast of Eugene, Oregon, United States in Linn County. It has two main bodies connected by a bottleneck. The lake is primarily fed by snow runoff from nearby Mount Washington and the surrounding areas. The runoff filters through caverns for more than 20 years before emptying into Clear Lake.
Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States in northeastern California.It includes about 20,000 acres (81 km 2) of open water surrounded by over 26,000 acres (110 km 2) of upland bunchgrass, low sagebrush, and juniper habitat. small, rocky islands in the wetlands provide breeding sites for American white pelicans, double-crested cormorants, and other ...
Clear Lake (Pomo: Lypoyomi) [2] [3] is a natural freshwater lake in Lake County in the U.S. state of California, north of Napa County and San Francisco. It is the largest natural freshwater lake wholly within the state, with 68 square miles (180 km 2 ) of surface area.
Clear Lake, one of California's oldest and most-visited lakes, is not so clear anymore after an algal bloom turned the water cloudy and green.. Images from NASA underscore the dramatic change in ...
The watershed of the creek covers 28,614 acres (11,580 ha) in Lake County. It is a narrow corridor that runs northwest through the Northern California Coast Ranges into Big Valley, a flat region south of the western part of Clear Lake. It is about 10% of the Clear Lake watershed, and contributes about 16% of the water flowing into the lake.
Rodman Slough is a wetland that drains into Clear Lake in Lake County, California.It provides an important habitat for fish, amphibians, birds and other wildlife. It is fed by Scotts Creek and Middle Creek, which contribute about 70% of the sediment and nutrients that cause algae problems in Clear Lake.