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Coordinates: 36°3′0″N 119°47′17″W. Tulare Lake ( / tʊˈlɛəri / ⓘ) 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 measurement system is based on the fact that the lake floor is 179 feet above sea level. This means that a water surface level of 220 feet above sea level made the depth of the lake, at its deepest point 41 feet and a lake surface of 207 feet would mean a depth of 28 feet.
Apr 14, 2023 · Satellite images taken over the past six weeks have captured the re-emergence of Tulare Lake in California’s San Joaquin Valley and show how suddenly water flooded and settled across miles of...
Jun 7, 2023 · Tulare Lake, the historical body of freshwater that unexpectedly re-emerged in the San Joaquin Valley with the winter deluge, may have reached its peak size this week: about 178 square...
Aug 5, 2023 · Once 120,000 acres, roughly the size of Lake Tahoe, Tulare Lake had receded to 61,000 acres as of early August, Ferrier said. At its highest, the lake’s depth averaged between 5 and 7...
Jul 11, 2023 · The lake now stretches about 111,000 acres, just a fraction of its historical size of nearly 512,000 acres (800 square miles), and it’s currently five to seven feet deep. Fish have...
Apr 16, 2023 · The lake usually covered about 650-700 square miles, with water in some parts of the lake up to 25-35 feet deep. The lake would have been bigger after a series of wet years and smaller during a period of extreme drought, although even during drought years there likely would have been some run-off into the lake.
