shasta lake

Shasta Lake, also popularly known as Lake Shasta, is a reservoir in Shasta County, California, United States. It began to store water in 1944 due to the impounding of the Sacramento River by Shasta Dam, the ninth-tallest dam in the US.
  • Location: Shasta-Trinity National Forest · Shasta County, California
  • Primary inflows: Sacramento River, Pit River, McCloud River
  • Primary outflows: Sacramento River
  • Basin countries: United States
  • Max. length: 35 mi (56 km)
  • Surface area: 30,000 acres (12,000 ha)
  • Max. depth: 517 ft (158 m)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org