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California groundwater basins, subbasins, and hydrologic regions. The California Department of Water Resources recognizes 10 hydrologic regions and three additional drainage areas within the U.S. state of California. The hydrologic regions are further subdivided into 515 groundwater basins. [1]
The community of Lake Nacimiento is located at Lake Nacimiento reservoir, in the Santa Lucia Mountains, at (35.737585, -120.881328 [2]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.3 square miles (27 km 2), 99.77% of it land and 0.23% of it water.
California region, with its 10 4-digit subregion hydrologic unit boundaries. The California water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey in the United States hydrologic unit system, which is used to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units.
The lake was designed for irrigation water and flood control as well as recreation. Nacimiento Dam, a 210-foot (64 m) earthfill dam, forms the lake. The dam was built by the Monterey County Water Authority which completed construction in 1956. [4] The water authority uses the lake to recharge its groundwater. The lake is near the city of Paso ...
California water officials are projecting a boost in delivery fulfillments this year, despite enduring a predominantly dry January. The Department of Water Resources on Tuesday announced that its ...
Map of water storage and delivery facilities as well as major rivers and cities in the state of California. Central Valley Project systems are in red, and State Water Project in blue. California's interconnected water system serves almost 40 million people and irrigates over 5,680,000 acres (2,300,000 ha) of farmland. [1]
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.
California aquifers, excerpted from map in Ground Water Atlas of the United States (USGS, 2000): Lavender is "other" for "rocks that generally yield less than 10 gal/min to wells"; dark green-blue (3) are the California coastal basin aquifers, bright-turquoise blue (7) is the Central Valley aquifer system, flat cobalt-blue (1) down south is Basin and Range aquifers