Education & KnowledgeJul 7, 2025

Why the Largest Lake in California Disappeared 🤯 Lake Tulare 🇺🇸

https://tube.blueben.net/w/7hCoYenoRz2QK6hV73zJTF

Why the Largest Lake in California Disappeared 🤯 Lake Tulare 🇺🇸

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Malkit FoxdaleSep 4, 2023

Interesting story of lake Tulare of California. Apparently the south central valley was a lush wetlands in early 1800s.
#ClimateChange #LakeTulare #california

https://youtu.be/2p2xgVW4DW8?si=TbQIbmTfJNJOmT7F

Why One of USA's Biggest Lakes Is Reappearing Centuries After Disappearing

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DragofixAug 19, 2023
Toxic Bacteria Outbreak Threatens Avian Migration in California’s Lake Tulare #California #environment #LakeTulare #wildlife #birds https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/toxic-bacteria-outbreak-threatens-avian-migration-californias-lake-tulare/
Manish VijJul 20, 2023
California’s central bowl is partly flooded again after a wildly wet winter. #LakeTulare looks like the ocean, almost size of #LakeTahoe though not as deep. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/california-storms-tulare-lake.html
A Vast Lake Has Captivated California Where Farms Stood a Year Ago

Tulare Lake re-emerged after intense storms battered the state this winter, and will likely remain in the Central Valley for months — and maybe years — to come.

The New York Times
AI6YR BenJun 29, 2023
#TulareLake finally receding. #LakeTulare #CAwx https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-06-29/tulare-lake-floodwaters-have-begun-to-recede-state-says
Tulare lake floodwaters have begun to recede, state says

For the first time since winter storms began filling the long-drained Tulare Lake basin, state officials have announced that floodwaters are abating.

Los Angeles Times
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 10, 2023
@mappingsupport Oooh, #TulareLake #LakeTulare, nice map!
AI6YR BenMay 23, 2023
#LakeTulare on May 21, 2023 via Sentinel-2 #satellite. The white color you see on the non-flooded fields are blooming cherry trees; it appears the biggest impact of this flooding is going to be loss of cherry trees and cherry crops. #CAwx
GeewhizpatApr 21, 2023

STRATFORD, CA: A petition has been started as #Stratford is under threat of flooding…it asks that the government take immediate oversight and intervention of this emerging #LakeTulare #caflooding …the details are in the attached petition

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-flooding-of-california-towns-by-tulare-lake

Sign the Petition

Stop the flooding of California towns by Tulare Lake

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CJ Moose ⚒️🌋🦉🍻⛺Apr 16, 2023

Just saw @weatherwest on #CNN talking about #TulareLake.

#LakeTulare
#TulareLakeReturns

Ron FrankeApr 11, 2023

Reestablish #LakeTulare

#California should seriously consider reestablishing Lake Tulare along with it's historic wetlands and ecosystem habitats. This should include enabling it's tributary rivers to substantially flow back into the southern San Joaquin Valley basin.

"Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, and the second-largest freshwater lake entirely in the United States based upon surface area. ... Tulare Lake dried up after its tributary rivers were diverted for agricultural irrigation and municipal water uses." - Wikipedia

Building new dams in CA is not a solution to the long term water needs of CA especially with dryer periods caused by #climatechange.

A revitalized Lake Tulare could recharge the San Joaquin Valley ground water and could be used as a water resource during extreme #drought periods.

"Estimates have found that Tulare Lake could hold twice the water of the proposed Temperance Flat Dam at one-fifth the cost." - Wikipedia