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Whitewater Preserve is a nature preserve owned and managed by The Wildlands Conservancy, a nonprofit land conservancy. Consisting of 2,851 acres (11.54 km 2 ) of land in Riverside County, California , the preserve features the perennial Whitewater River flowing through a desert canyon.
Whitewater Lake, located in Walworth County, is an extension of the Kettle Moraine's Southern Unit and is part of the southernmost edge of its territory.This 625 acre lake [4] is located in the country side near Whitewater, Wisconsin, and has several public access points for boat launching and fishing. [4]
The chief feature of the reserve is the Kettle Moraine, a highly glaciated area. The area contains very hilly terrain and glacial landforms, such as kettles , kames and eskers . The 56,000-acre (23,000 ha) [ 1 ] forest is divided into two large and three small units, which are spread across a hundred miles.
The area drained by the Whitewater River is part of the larger endorheic Salton Sea drainage basin. Initially called Agua Blanco by early Spanish explorers, [14] and later translated into English as white water, the river received its name for its milky appearance created by the silicate and lime sediments it carries. [15]
Name Image Location Size [1] Elevation [1] Created [1] Website [1] Remarks; acres ha feet meters Bearpaw Reserve California: 600 240 4,500–6,000 1,400–1,800 1996 seasonal waterfall
Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve is located on the west side of Whitewater, Wisconsin near Indian Mounds Parkway and Wildwood Road. It is a prehistoric, Native American ceremonial and burial site that dates to between 200 and 1000 A.D. The park contains a collection of animal and geometric mounds.
Whitewater Memorial is the sixteenth state park in Indiana.It is located 47 miles (76 km) in Union County, Indiana, west-southwest of Dayton, Ohio.At 23,000 acres (93 km 2), it is the third-largest state park in Indiana; its seventeen miles (27 km) stretches between Brookville, Indiana, and Liberty, Indiana, paralleled by Indiana State Road 101.
Over 200 acre natural area and educational farm. Operating as an environmental education, sustainable agriculture, and Audubon Center of the National Audubon Society in western Ohio. Avon Woods Nature Center and Preserve: Cincinnati: Hamilton: Southwest: Owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board: Barkcamp State Park: Belmont: Belmont ...