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Bethany Reservoir: Bethany Forebay Dam: Italian Slough tributary: Alameda: California Department of Water Resources: 1961: Earth: 95 29: 5,250: 6,480 Big Bear Lake: Bear Valley Dam: Bear Creek: San Bernardino: Big Bear Municipal Water District: 1911: Multiple arch: 80 24: 74,000 [1] 91,000 Big Dry Creek Reservoir: Big Dry Creek Dam: Dry Creek ...
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
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 Mathews is a large reservoir in Riverside County, California, located in the Cajalco Canyon in the foothills of the Temescal Mountains. [1] [2] It is the western terminus for the Colorado River Aqueduct that provides much of the water used by the cities and water districts of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD).
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
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, adjoining the Bethany Reservoir. It is located in Alameda County , near Livermore . Situated in the northernmost part of the San Joaquin Valley , Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area is a popular place for water-oriented recreation, especially fishing ...
Location: Santa Clara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Coyote Creek [2]: Primary outflows: Coyote Creek [2]: Catchment area: 194.4 sq mi (503 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Santa Clara Valley Water District: Max. length: 41,184 ft (12,553 m): Max. width: 3,840 ft (1,170 m): Surface area: 1,271 acres (5.14 km 2): Water volume ...
It is accessible from California Route 180, via Forest Service road 30, and is about 51 miles (82 km) east of Fresno, not far from the west entrance to Kings Canyon National Park. The 87-acre (35 ha) lake lies behind the world's first concrete reinforced multiple arch dam , designed by John S. Eastwood and constructed in 1908 by the Hume ...