Everything about Shasta Lake totally explained
Shasta Lake is a
reservoir created by the building of
Shasta Dam in
California,
USA. Shasta Lake is the 3rd largest
lake in California, after
Lake Tahoe and the
Salton Sea, with a capacity of 4,552,000
acre-feet (5.6 km³). Ten miles (16 km) north of the city of
Redding, with the town of
Lakehead its northern shores, Shasta Lake is popular for
boating,
water skiing, camping, house boating, and fishing. Formed by the damming of the
Sacramento River,
Pit River,
McCloud River and several smaller
tributaries, the lake boasts 365 miles (587 km) of mostly steep mountainous shoreline covered with tall evergreen trees and
manzanita. Maximum depth is 517 ft. Known as the keystone of the
Central Valley Project, outflow from Shasta Dam provides
electricity and
irrigation for widespread areas of California below the
dam as well as flood control for the Sacramento River during the rainy season.
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