geo.wikisort.org - ReservoirClifton Court Forebay is a reservoir in the San Joaquin River Delta region of eastern Contra Costa County, California, 17 mi (27 km) southwest of Stockton. The estuary region the forebay is located in is only 1m to 3m above mean sea level.
Reservoir in Contra Costa County, California
Body of water
Clifton Court Forebay |
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Location | San Joaquin River Delta Contra Costa County, California |
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Coordinates | 37.8299°N 121.5568°W / 37.8299; -121.5568[1] |
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Type | Reservoir |
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Primary inflows | Old River |
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Primary outflows | California Aqueduct Delta–Mendota Canal |
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Catchment area | 6 square miles (16 km2)[2] |
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Basin countries | United States |
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Max. length | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
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Max. width | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
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Surface area | 2,500 acres (1,000 ha)[2] |
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Average depth | 10 m (33 ft) |
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Max. depth | 20 m (66 ft) |
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Water volume | 29,000 acre⋅ft (36 hm3)[2] |
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Residence time | 4 months |
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Surface elevation | 3 feet (0.91 m)[1] |
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History
The body of water was created in 1969 by inundating a 2,200-acre (890 ha) tract as part of the California State Water Project.[3]
It serves as the intake point of the California Aqueduct for transport to Southern California, and feeds the Delta–Mendota Canal (a part of the Central Valley Project) to recharge San Joaquin Valley river systems.[4]
Geological context
If a large enough earthquake happens near or at the Clifton Court Forebay, the California water system for irrigation and municipal use will be adversely affected. Several earthquakes have nearly shut down the Forebay. The 2014 South Napa earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake came very close to shutting down the Forebay intake system.
The Clifton Forebay is a wetland system that drained nearby small rivers into the Pacific Ocean. Only in recent times was its freshwater drainage functions turned into a gateway to water storage.
The Central Valley region that this forebay interfaces with is very gradually filling in the central valley with sediments. The region may be rebounding from recent run ins with glaciations that affected North America.
In popular culture
A documentary about the decline of the United States' infrastructure, The Crumbling of America,[5] was commissioned by the U.S. A&E network in the late 2000s. The documentary is typically shown on the History television channel in the United States, although other educational broadcasters globally have shown it. It features the Clifton Court Forebay as a "strategic piece of California freshwater infrastructure" subject to shutdown for up to two years if struck by an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 or greater.
See also
References
Central Valley Project Infrastructure |
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Dams |
- Auburn Dam
- B.F. Sisk Dam
- Folsom Dam
- Friant Dam
- Lewiston Dam
- New Melones Dam
- Nimbus Dam
- O'Neill Dam
- Red Bluff Diversion Dam
- San Justo Dam
- Shasta Dam
- Sly Park Dam
- Spring Creek Dam
- Sugar Pine Dam
- Trinity Dam
- Whiskeytown Dam
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Reservoirs | |
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Aqueducts and canals |
- Clear Creek Tunnel
- Contra Costa Canal
- Corning Canal
- Delta Cross Channel
- Delta–Mendota Canal
- Folsom South Canal
- Friant-Kern Canal
- Madera Canal
- San Luis Canal
- Stockton Ship Channel
- Tehama-Colusa Canal
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Rivers | |
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Other facilities |
- C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant
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California State Water Project |
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Dams |
- Antelope
- B.F. Sisk
- Bethany
- Castaic
- Cedar Springs
- Del Valle
- Elderberry Forebay
- Fish Barrier
- Frenchman
- Grizzly Valley
- Little Panoche
- Los Banos Dam
- O'Neill
- Oroville
- Perris
- Pyramid
- Quail Lake
- Thermalito Afterbay
- Thermalito Diversion
- Thermalito Forebay
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Reservoirs | |
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Rivers and bodies of water | |
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Aqueducts and canals |
- California Aqueduct
- North Bay Aqueduct
- South Bay Aqueduct
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Other facilities |
- Banks Pumping Plant
- Buena Vista Pumping Plant
- Castaic Power Plant
- Devil Canyon Power Plant
- Dos Amigos Pumping Plant
- Edmonston Pumping Plant
- Feather River Fish Hatchery
- Kern River Intertie
- O'Neill Pumping-Generating Plant
- Oroville–Thermalito Complex
- South Bay Pumping Plant
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Related |
- CALFED Bay-Delta Program
- California Department of Water Resources
- Peripheral Canal
- Bay Delta Conservation Plan
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Outline | | |
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Subdivisions | |
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Waterways | |
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Parks and protected areas |
- Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge
- San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
- Hayward Regional Shoreline
- Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
- Crown Memorial State Beach
- McLaughlin Eastshore State Park
- Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline
- César Chávez Park
- Brooks Island Regional Preserve
- Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
- Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
- Coyote Point Recreation Area
- Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
- National Estuarine Research Reserve
- China Camp State Park
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- SF Bay Trail
- Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
- Big Break Regional Shoreline
- Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve
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Islands and peninsulas | |
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Wetlands |
- Baylands
- Belmont
- Chelsea
- Cordelia
- Crissy Field
- Hoffman
- Meeker
- Mowry
- Napa Sonoma
- Point Molate
- Salt ponds
- Seal
- Stege
- Steinberger
- Suisun
- Westpoint
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Bridges and tubes |
- Bridges
- San Francisco–Oakland
- Eastern span replacement
- Richmond–San Rafael
- San Mateo–Hayward
- Dumbarton
- Dumbarton Rail Bridge (inactive)
- Golden Gate
- Benicia–Martinez
- Antioch
- Carquinez
- Leimert
- Park Street
- Fruitvale
- High Street
- Bay Farm Island
- Tubes
- Posey/Webster Street
- Transbay
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Ferries |
- Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry
- Blue & Gold Fleet
- Golden Gate Ferry
- San Francisco Bay Ferry (WETA)
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Ports and marinas |
- Port of San Francisco
- Port of Oakland
- Port of Richmond
- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard
- Port of Redwood City
- Berkeley Marina
- Oyster Point Marina/Park
- Westpoint Harbor
- Foster City Marina (proposed)
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Other |
- History
- Delta and Dawn
- Discovery Site
- Humphrey the Whale
- San Leandro Oyster Beds
- Richmond Shipyards
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model
- Harold Gilliam
- Marincello
- Ecology
- Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve
- Cosco Busan oil spill
- Thicktail chub
- Delta smelt
- Conservation and Development Commission
- The Watershed Project
- Save The Bay
- Citizens for East Shore Parks
- Friends of Five Creeks
- Urban Creeks Council
- 1971 oil spill
- Greenbelt Alliance
- The Bay Institute
- Reber Plan
- San Francisco Baykeeper
- San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
- Estuary Partnership
- Transportation
- Ridgway's rail/California clapper rail
- Water Trail
- Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
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- Portal
- Category
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Clifton Court Forebay est un réservoir dans la région du delta de la rivière San Joaquin , à l'est du comté de Contra Costa, Californie, 27 km au sud-ouest de Stockton. La région de l'estuaire dans laquelle se trouve la retenue (forebay) n'est que de 1 à 3 m au-dessus du niveau moyen de la mer. C'est un projet du California Department of Water Resources.
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