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Sunrise over the Merced River as seen from Swinging Bridge in June 2023. Upper Yosemite Falls is visible on the left-hand side of the image. Demonstrated in this photo is the particularly high water level of the Merced River in 2023 as a result of the record snowpack received by the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Lake McClure and Merced River aerial, looking into the afternoon sun. The dam is visible at the top of the lake. New Exchequer Dam was built in 1967 to increase the reservoir's capacity to 1,032,000 acre⋅ft (1.273 × 10 9 m 3).
The National Park Service is closing most of Yosemite Valley, as the Merced River is expected to reach flood levels Thursday night. The closure starts at 10 a.m. Friday, the park service said Tuesday.
The Merced River continues to drop, and it is 871 cfs at Merced Falls downstream of Lake McSwain. The Reel Deal Market and Barrett’s Cove Marina are open only on weekends and holidays through ...
Happy Isles is a group of small isles in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, USA.They are located at the easternmost end of the Yosemite Valley floor. . This scenic spot is the starting point for the Mist Trail, and is also the northern trailhead for the John Muir Trai
The lake continues to spill over at 106%, and it is anticipated to remain high through August with all of the snowmelt coming down the Merced River through the Exchequer Dam at upstream Lake McClure.
New Exchequer Dam is a concrete–faced, rock-fill dam on the Merced River in central California in the United States. It forms Lake McClure, which impounds the river for irrigation and hydroelectric power production and has a capacity of more than 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). The Merced Irrigation District (MID) operates the dam and was ...
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