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The state has more than one thousand major reservoirs, of which the largest two hundred have a combined capacity of over 41,000,000 acre-feet (51 km 3). [1] Most large reservoirs in California are located in the central and northern portions of the state, especially along the large and flood-prone rivers of the Central Valley.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California . Dams in service
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]
Lake Powell, impounded by Glen Canyon Dam, is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage ...
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This list of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area groups lakes, ponds, and reservoirs by county. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids. Alameda County
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San Luis Reservoir: California: 2,041,000 acre⋅ft (2.5 km 3) 270 ft (82 m) man-made 72: Don Pedro Reservoir: California: 2,030,000 acre⋅ft (2.5 km 3) 400 ft (122 m) man-made 73: Lake of the Ozarks: Missouri: 2,000,000 acre⋅ft (2.5 km 3) 130 ft (40 m) man-made 74: Lake Lanier: Georgia: 1,957,000 acre⋅ft (2.41 km 3) 160 ft (49 m) man-made ...