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Feb 5, 2024 · The largest body of water west of the Mississippi disappeared 130 years ago — now it’s back. Tulare Lake, called “Pa’ashi” by the indigenous Tachi Yokut tribe, disappeared 130 years ago from California. Now, after a series of severe weather events, the lake has returned, with both positive and harmful effects. by Noah Lloyd.
- Noah Lloyd
An 1877 irrigation map depicting the western shore of Tulare Lake, including two islands in the southern part. Lake Tulare (at full capacity) as it would appear in California today. It would be able to hold 6.5 million acre-feet (8.0 × 10 9 m 3) of water. Created from USGS lidar data captured in 2019.
Apr 4, 2023 · Return of Tulare Lake. Tulare Lake, in California’s San Joaquin Valley, was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. The lake would grow every winter as rainfall and snowmelt from the nearby Sierra Nevada range flowed down and filled the basin. By 1920, the rivers that fed the lake were dammed and diverted for uses such ...
Apr 14, 2023 · April 14, 2023, 9:53 AM PDT. By Evan Bush. 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...
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 miles...
- Kurtis Alexander
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Jul 6, 2023 · Today, Tulare Lake, roughly the size of Lake Tahoe, appears like a mirage in the desert. Winds glaze off its algae-pocked surface, cooling the summer air, as ducks and egrets wade nearby.
Aug 5, 2023 · Already, it is shrinking. Once 120,000 acres, roughly the size of Lake Tahoe, Tulare Lake had receded to 61,000 acres as of early August, Ferrier said.
