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Klondike is an unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is near the Wasco, Oregon site of the Klondike III Wind Project , Oregon's largest wind energy farm with 176 turbines for wind energy.
In Oregon, the Klamath Basin Adjudication (KBA) – legal validation of pre-1909 water claims – is an ongoing process. [118] This has had significant consequences for water management in the Upper Klamath Basin, as the Klamath Tribes were guaranteed water for hunting and fishery purposes in the 1864 treaty establishing their reservation. [119]
The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States.As a mountain system within both the greater Pacific Coast Ranges and the California Coast Ranges, the Klamath Mountains have a varied geology, with substantial areas of serpentinite and marble, and a climate characterized by moderately cold ...
The Klamath Basin is the region in the U.S. states of Oregon and California drained by the Klamath River. It contains most of Klamath County and parts of Lake and Jackson counties in Oregon, and parts of Del Norte , Humboldt , Modoc , Siskiyou , and Trinity counties in California.
The Klamath Mountains ecoregion of Oregon and California lies inland and north of the Coast Range ecoregion, extending from the Umpqua River in the north to the Sacramento Valley in the south. It encompasses the highly dissected ridges , foothills , and valleys of the Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains .
It crosses under Oregon State Route 97 twice, once upstream of and once downstream of Oregon Route 140, and continues west through an agricultural valley to Keno. At Keno the river veers sharply south and passes through the Keno Dam , which forms Lake Ewauna, 240 miles (390 km) from the mouth, [ 1 ] passing the now-drained Lower Klamath Lake .
The Klamath River begins in the high desert of southern Oregon, and the average annual flow at Keno (about 20 miles below Upper Klamath Lake) is just over 1.1 million acre-feet (1.4 km 3). A Klamath Diversion at this point would be simple–an aqueduct running south to Shasta Lake on the Sacramento River—but the flow here is not enough to ...
Water activities like fishing, canoeing, and kayaking are available. A short trail connects the main campground to the Wood River's headwaters spring. The park is located just off Oregon Route 62, approximately 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Crater Lake National Park, and 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Klamath Falls, Oregon. [3]