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The Klamath River reached flows of 557,000 cubic feet per second (15,800 m 3 /s), [49] with high water reaching 55 feet (17 m), inundating the towns of Klamath and Klamath Glen under as much as 15 feet (4.6 m) of water, [50] and destroying most of the Highway 101 bridge crossing the river. The highway bridge was rebuilt in a different location ...
Map of the Klamath River drainage basin. The drainage basins of the Williamson and Sprague Rivers, in Oregon, are to the north and northeast of Upper Klamath Lake.Together, the two watersheds cover 3,069 square miles (7,950 km 2), or 19.4% of the Klamath River watershed.
The Klamath River's drainage basin above Upper Klamath Lake is fed primarily by the Williamson River and the Sprague River, which stretch into south-central Oregon east of the Cascades. The official beginning of the 263-mile (423 km) long river is at the outlet of Upper Klamath Lake, a large and artificially expanded lake east of the Cascade Range.
Volpert made a map of access points, major rapids and other points of interest across about 45 miles of the “New Klamath” for anyone interested in floating the river.
Upper Klamath Lake is the largest remnant of Lake Modoc, a giant pluvial lake that existed in the region until about 10,000 years ago. At its largest, Lake Modoc covered over 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2), joining Upper Klamath, Lower Klamath, and Tule Lakes, as well as all of the major wetlands in the upper Klamath River basin, into a contiguous body of water.
Fed by Cascade Range snowmelt, the Klamath River takes shape among lakes and marshes along the California-Oregon border and winds through steep mountainous terrain before ending its journey among ...
The last obstacle for the free-flowing Klamath River was removed last week, allowing the waterway to reclaim its ancient course. Klamath River flows free after the last dams come down, leaving ...
A contract executed February 24, 1917, between the California-Oregon Power Company (now Pacific Power) and the United States authorized the company to construct the Link River Dam for the benefit of the project and for the company's use, and in particular extended to the water users of the Klamath Project certain preferential power rates. The ...