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There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California. ==Largest lakes== In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occupies in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about of water.〔 Tulare Lake in the San Joaquin Valley was larger, at approximately 690 square miles (1,780 km), until it was drained during the later years of the nineteenth century. In terms of volume, the largest lake on the list is Lake Tahoe, located on the California–Nevada border. It holds roughly of water. It is also the largest freshwater lake by area, at , and the deepest lake, with a maximum depth of . Among freshwater lakes entirely contained within the state, the largest by area is Clear Lake, which covers . Many of California's large lakes are actually reservoirs: artificial bodies of fresh water. In terms of both area and volume, the largest of these is Lake Shasta, which formed behind Shasta Dam in the 1940s. The dam can impound of water over . Lake Elsinore, which covers , is billed as the largest natural freshwater lake in Southern California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of lakes in California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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