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'Lake Tulare which disappeared before 1900 has reappeared
[NBCnews] The Tulare Basin is at the southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley; and in essence, it's a massive bowl. Before irrigators dug canals and rerouted water for farming in the late 1800s, Tulare Lake filled the bowl"s lower reaches. Shallow water stretched across the landscape, and the lake was the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi. Months of atmospheric river storms have pummeled the area and saturated the basin’s soil... The rains ...have begun to refill what was once a sprawling lake. Tulare Lake refilled in 1997 and 1983 during very wet seasons. The snowpack is larger this year. "If we use 1983 as an example: They had more than 80,000 acres of land underwater. If it's bigger than that, it could be as much as 100,000 acres underwater," Mount said. I always wondered where that little booger got to. Related: Tulare: 2023-02-07 Mexican Cartel-Style Violence Spreading in California over Marijuana Grow Fields Tulare: 2023-01-17 Baby boy shot in head execution-style alongside his mom, 16, and four other family members murdered in California cartel massacre Tulare: 2022-07-22 California alleged drug traffickers in massive fentanyl bust no shows in court after release on cashless bail Posted by: lord garth 2023-04-10 |
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