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Tulare Lake (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ) or Tache Lake (Yokuts: Pah-áh-su, Pah-áh-sē) is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River . [ 2 ]
Tulare is responsible for a significant part of Tulare County's 342,600 dairy cows, which produce more than 8.9 billion pounds of milk each year. The nation's largest single-site dairy complex, operated by Land O'Lakes, is located in Tulare. Tulare is the home of the Tulare County Fair, held since 1915.
Tulare County (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ tuu-LAIR-ee) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 473,117. [4] The county seat is Visalia. [6] The county is named for Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes.
Tulare Lake was a large, shallow lake in the center [1] of the Amador Valley, surrounded by Willow Marsh (also known as the Lagoon). Tule rushes and willow trees once lined the marshes and sloughs of its shores.
The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.
Reservoirs in Tulare County, California (2 P) Pages in category "Lakes of Tulare County, California" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The Tule River, also called Rio de San Pedro or Rio San Pedro, [2] is a 71.4-mile (114.9 km) [1] river in Tulare County in the U.S. state of California.The river originates in the Sierra Nevada east of Porterville and consists of three forks, North, Middle and South.
Called Tulare Lake, it is usually dry nowadays because the rivers feeding it have been diverted for agricultural purposes. [ 15 ] The rivers of the Central Valley converge in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta , a complex network of marshy channels, distributaries and sloughs that wind around islands mainly used for agriculture.