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Lake Elsinore is the largest natural freshwater lake in Southern California. With its own 750-mi 2 (1,900-km 2) watershed, it is situated at the lowest point within the San Jacinto River watershed of 750 sq mi (1,900 km 2) [clarification needed], at the terminus of the San Jacinto River. It is the terminal lake of a partially closed basin ...
1652704, 2411601. Website. www.lake-elsinore.org. Lake Elsinore is a city in western Riverside County, California, United States. Established as a city in 1888, it is on the shore of Lake Elsinore, a natural freshwater lake about 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) in size.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
State Route 74 (SR 74), part of which forms the Palms to Pines Scenic Byway or Pines to Palms Highway, and the Ortega Highway, is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs from Interstate 5 in San Juan Capistrano in Orange County to the city limits of Palm Desert in Riverside County. Stretching about 111 miles (179 km), it passes ...
Elsinore Mountains. Coordinates: 33°37′N 117°21′W. The Elsinore Mountains are a ridge of mountains within the larger range of the Santa Ana Mountains, in the Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, California, United States. [1] the tallest peaks within the range is the unofficially named San Mateo Peak at 3,591 ft (1,095 m). [2][3 ...
Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, [ 3 ][ 5 ] making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the United States. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, which is the county seat.
The state of California's official website links to the CTTC's map with the description "Map of the Inland Empire region". ... Lake Elsinore: 1888 63,453 $77,090 ...
The Elsinore fault zone, not including Whittier, Chino, and Laguna Salada faults, is 180 kilometers (110 mi) long with a slip-rate of 4.0 millimeters/year (0.15 in/yr). It is estimated that this zone is capable of producing a quake of 6.5–7.5 M W. The projected interval between major rupture events is 250 years.