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The Bear River is a tributary of the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada, winding through four California counties: Yuba, Sutter, Placer, and Nevada. About 73 miles (117 km) long, the river flows generally southwest through the Sierra then west through the Central Valley, draining a narrow, rugged watershed of 295 square miles (760 km 2).
Virginia Lakes refers to a basin of lakes in the Eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California. [1] Virginia Lakes is located a few miles off U.S. Highway 395; the road to the lakes turns off U.S. 395 at Conway Summit, roughly halfway between Bridgeport, California, to the north and Lee Vining, California, to the south, in the Humboldt ...
Big Bear City is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States along the east shore of Big Bear Lake and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. It is 27 miles (43 km) northeast of the city of San Bernardino , and immediately east of the incorporated city of Big Bear Lake .
February 25, 2024 at 5:00 AM. It's Almost Time for Bald Eagle Baby Watch 2024!Friends of Big Bear Valley. In California's San Bernardino Mountains, two bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, have been ...
The ultimate Marlette Lake Water System, completed in 1887, involved a pipeline that was 21.5 miles long. It also involved a 45.7 mile long flume, an inclined tunnel 3,994 feet long, and storage reservoir with a capacity of over 6,200 acre feet. This water system could deliver around 6 million gallons of water per day (GPD).
Nevada City is located at 39°15′41″N 121°01′07″W[16] at 2,500 feet above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km 2), 99.83% of it land and 0.17% water. Nevada, Missouri, is named after Nevada City.
25 feet (7.6 m) Surface elevation. 6,752 feet (2,058 m) Settlements. San Bernardino. Baldwin Lake is a natural, intermittent, alkali lake in the Big Bear Valley of the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, California. It is located east of Big Bear Lake reservoir and Big Bear City. [1]
In terms of volume, the largest lake on the list is Lake Tahoe, located on the California–Nevada border. It holds roughly 36 cubic miles (150 km 3) of water. It is also the largest freshwater lake by area, at 191 sq mi (490 km 2), and the deepest lake, with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 m). Among freshwater lakes entirely contained ...