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This list of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area groups lakes, ponds, and reservoirs by county. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids. Alameda County
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 ]
The lake is fed by an underground spring, which also feeds nearby Lake Merced. [3] It is surrounded by willows, tules, and aquatic plants. [3] Migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway stop to feed, rest, or inhabit the surrounding area. [3] The only natural freshwater lakes in San Francisco are Pine Lake, Lake Merced, and Mountain Lake. [4]
Common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the breeding season on Texel, the Netherlands. The common eider (pronounced / ˈ aɪ. d ər /) (Somateria mollissima), also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large (50–71 cm (20–28 in) in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia.
The eiders (/ ˈ aɪ. d ər /) are large seaducks in the genus Somateria.The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. [2]The down feathers of eider ducks and some other ducks and geese, are used to fill pillows and quilts—they have given the name to the type of quilt known as an eiderdown.
San Mateo Creek: Catchment area: 29.4 sq mi (76 km 2) Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission: Surface area: 1,323 acres (535 ha) Water volume: 57,910 acre⋅ft (71,430,000 m 3) Surface elevation: 85 m (279 ft) References: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crystal ...
Lake Merced (Spanish: Laguna de Merced) is a freshwater lake in the southwest corner of San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California.It is surrounded by three golf courses (the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public TPC Harding Park), as well as residential areas, Lowell High School, San Francisco State University, Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School, Stonestown ...
Lake Merritt is a lake located in a large tidal lagoon basin in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is named after Samuel Merritt , Oakland's mayor in 1867–1869, who had the lagoon dammed turning the varying tidal lagoon into a stable salt-water lake .