Sweetwater Reservoir
Artificial lake in San Diego County, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sweetwater Reservoir is a 960-acre (390 ha) artificial lake in San Diego County, California, formed by the Sweetwater Dam on the Sweetwater River. Construction of the dam was completed in 1888.
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Location | San Diego County, California[1] |
Coordinates | 32°41′49″N 116°59′14″W[2] |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Sweetwater River |
Primary outflows | Sweetwater River[1] |
Catchment area | 182 square miles (470 km2)[1] |
Basin countries | United States |
Managing agency | Sweetwater Authority |
Built | April 7, 1888 (1888-04-07) |
Max. length | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
Max. width | 0.75 miles (1.21 km) |
Surface area | 936 acres (379 ha)[1] |
Max. depth | 108 feet (33 m) |
Water volume | 27,689 acre-feet (34,154,000 m3)[1] |
Frozen | Never |
Islands | none |
Settlements | La Presa |
Website | www |
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