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Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 4 square miles (10 km 2) in area.Located 30 miles (48 km) from the Delaware River and 40 miles (64 km) from Manhattan, New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's northern highlands region.
17,400 cu ft/s (490 m 3 /s) The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. [3] [6] The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin.
1913; 111 years ago. ( 1913) Lake Tahoe Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Truckee River, at the outlet of Lake Tahoe in Placer County, California . Tahoe Dam regulates the top six feet of Lake Tahoe, and distributes the water into Tahoe's primary outflow, the Truckee River. [1] The dam is located in Tahoe City and serves as the main storage ...
Lake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, [4] and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United ...
Lake Tahoe inflow streams contribute 310,000 acre-feet (0.38 km 3) of the 530,000 acre-feet (0.65 km 3) of water that flows through Lake Tahoe every year. The list, below, groups rivers and creeks that flow into the lake by their locations on the north, east, south and west shores, in a clockwise order.
California: Lake Tahoe. Straddling California and Nevada, Lake Tahoe has been ranked "America's Best Lake" by USA Today readers. The California side, known as Tahoe South, is a vibrant playground ...
Lake Shawnee is a small 83-acre (34 ha) private lake in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, United States. [1] Its outsourcing is Beaver Brook, which flows into Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey's largest lake. Lake Shawnee and its watershed are the headwaters of the Musconetcong River watershed. The Lake Shawnee Reservation, as it is known, was developed ...
Merrill Creek Reservoir, located in Harmony Township, New Jersey in central Warren County, New Jersey, [1] is a 650-acre (260 ha) artificial lake designed to hold 15 billion gallons of water that is surrounded by 290 acres (120 ha) of protected woodland and fields. These lands are themselves part of 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of open spaces.