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The flows in this picture are approximately 5000 cfs above Lake Berryessa. Aerial view of Putah Creek flowing into Lake Berryessa. Putah Creek (Patwin: Liwaito [3]) is a major stream in Northern California, a tributary of the Yolo Bypass, and ultimately, the Sacramento River.
The Solano Projects are much more than just Monticello Dam and Lake Berryessa, including Putah Diversion Dam, Lake Solano, and the Putah South Canal. Lake Berryessa is the largest body of water formed from the Solano Projects and so is the most well-known. [11] Lake Berryessa does help to manage flooding in Yolo county.
The Current River forms in the southeastern portion of the Ozarks of Missouri and becomes a 7th order stream [4] as it flows southeasterly out of the Ozarks into northeastern Arkansas where it becomes a tributary of the Black River, which is a tributary of the White River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. The Current River is roughly 184 ...
See photos of Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole Commonly called the "Glory Hole" by residents and tourists in the area, the spillway is officially called the "Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway."
Cache Creek is one of two tributaries (Putah Creek is the other) that are the most southerly of the significant east-flowing Coast Range drainages in the Sacramento River hydrologic basin and provides important riparian and fish habitat. [2] More than 30 miles (48 km) of Cache Creek is designated a California Wild and Scenic River. [3]
Eticuera Creek is one of four primary tributaries that drain into Lake Berryessa in northern Napa County, California. [1] The other three are Pope Creek, Capell Creek, and Putah Creek. Eticuera Creek drains a watershed that is approximately 53 square miles (140 km 2). The creek generally drains in a north to south direction.
Cache Creek Wilderness is within the new National Monument High Bridge Trail in Autumn. Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is a national monument of the United States comprising 344,476 acres (139,404 ha) of the California Coast Ranges in Napa, Yolo, Solano, Lake, Colusa, Glenn and Mendocino counties in northern California. [1]
At the lake's peak level, the spillway can drain 48,400 cubic feet per second (1,370 m 3 /s), which occurs when the lake level rises to 15.5 feet (4.7 m) above the level of the funnel. Water spills over its lip when the lake reaches 1,602,000 acre-feet (1.976 km 3) and a reservoir elevation of 440 feet (130 m) above sea level. The last time the ...