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A lake is an area of variable size filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean (except for sea lochs in Scotland and Ireland), and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are also larger and deeper than ponds, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which are usually flowing. However most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams.
Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers. In some parts of the world there are many lakes because of chaotic drainage patterns left over from the last Ice Age. All lakes are temporary over geologic time scales, as they will slowly fill in with sediments or spill out of the basin containing them.
Many lakes are artificial and are constructed for industrial or agricultural use, for hydro-electric power generation or domestic water supply, or for aesthetic or recreational purposes.
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California in the United States. At 770 feet (230 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation and flood control. The dam impounds Lake Oroville, the second largest man-made lake in the state of California, capable of storing more than 3.5 million acre-feet (4.4 km3), and is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley.
Built by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Oroville Dam is one of the key features of the California State Water Project (SWP), one of two major projects passed that set up California's statewide water system. Construction was initiated in 1961, and despite numerous difficulties encountered during its construction, including multiple floods and a major train wreck on the rail line used to transport materials to the dam site, the embankment was topped out in 1967 and the entire project was ready for use in 1968. The dam began to generate electricity after completion of the Edward Hyatt Pump-Generating Plant, then the country's largest underground power station.
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A million dollar lake house in Texas on Lake Palestine is slowly collapsing due to rains, strong winds, and landslides over time.
A beautiful home situated on a picturesque piece of property overlooking Lake Whitney in Texas, is dangerously close to slipping into the lake. A beautiful home situated on a picturesque piece of property overlooking Lake Whitney in Texas, is dangerously close to slipping into the lake. Recently a good-sized piece of the bluff broke off, leaving the residence partially dangling over the edge. According to Hill County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mark Wilson, the latest section fell away on Tuesday, leaving the house in a dire situation. As the land underneath collapsed, parts of the house fell into the waters below, leaving the bulk waiting for a similar fate. Fortunately the residence is vacant, as the former occupants left when they realized the bluff is unstable. Access to the 4,...
dis is me doodling a sketchbook cover cos u gotta wreck a sketchbook sometimes if u wanna b comfortable drawing in it ;PP song: collapsing homes by LAKE
A luxury house perched on a cliff with a spectacular view of Lake Whitney could fall into the water below. VPC
Is it possible to fill a whole room with water?
The hulking slab of limestone that was once home to a 4,000-square-foot vacation retreat splashed down 75 feet into Lake Whitney Sunday. The hulking slab of limestone that was once home to a 4,000-square-foot vacation retreat splashed down 75 feet into Lake Whitney Sunday. The hulking slab of limestone that was once home to a 4,000-square-foot vacation retreat splashed down 75 feet into Lake Whitney Sunday. Crumbling cliff where luxury mansion was burned down last summer finally collapses into Texas lake during violent rainstorm Crumbling cliff where luxury mansion was burned down last summer finally collapses into Texas lake during violent rainstorm Crumbling cliff where luxury mansion was burned down last summer finally collapses into Texas lake during violent rainstorm
More from Inside Edition: http://bit.ly/2bF0iuC Nearly 200,000 Californians living in an area near America's tallest dam were told to flee their homes after a break at an emergency spillway threatened to inundate the towns below it. Residents living near the Oroville Dam were warned of what officials at the time called an imminent threat that the spillway, designed to drain water from Oroville Lake to prevent it from topping the dam itself, might fail.
A family in West Lake Hills had a rude awakening Thursday morning after part of their roof partially collapsed.
SUBSCRIBE to ELITE NWO AGENDA for Latest Updates - http://www.youtube.com/user/elitenwoagenda?sub_confirmation=1 CALIFORNIA DAM ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE - Residents Face Weeks of Being Homeless as More Rain Due The California Department of Water Resources suspended overflow from the Oroville Dam after gushing water ripped open a sinkhole in the middle of the spillway. Engineers assessed the options and opened up a secondary, emergency spillway on Saturday morning That’s a complete reversal from the end of 2015, when persistent drought brought the lake’s water level to about 694 feet, or 33% of capacity—the second lowest level ever recorded. By yesterday morning the lake was swollen with so much water, 895 feet, that it had reached 96% of its maximum capacity. The 770-foot-tall Orovil...
A million dollar lake house in Texas on Lake Palestine is slowly collapsing due to rains, strong winds, and landslides over time.
A beautiful home situated on a picturesque piece of property overlooking Lake Whitney in Texas, is dangerously close to slipping into the lake. A beautiful home situated on a picturesque piece of property overlooking Lake Whitney in Texas, is dangerously close to slipping into the lake. Recently a good-sized piece of the bluff broke off, leaving the residence partially dangling over the edge. According to Hill County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mark Wilson, the latest section fell away on Tuesday, leaving the house in a dire situation. As the land underneath collapsed, parts of the house fell into the waters below, leaving the bulk waiting for a similar fate. Fortunately the residence is vacant, as the former occupants left when they realized the bluff is unstable. Access to the 4,...
dis is me doodling a sketchbook cover cos u gotta wreck a sketchbook sometimes if u wanna b comfortable drawing in it ;PP song: collapsing homes by LAKE
A luxury house perched on a cliff with a spectacular view of Lake Whitney could fall into the water below. VPC
Is it possible to fill a whole room with water?
The hulking slab of limestone that was once home to a 4,000-square-foot vacation retreat splashed down 75 feet into Lake Whitney Sunday. The hulking slab of limestone that was once home to a 4,000-square-foot vacation retreat splashed down 75 feet into Lake Whitney Sunday. The hulking slab of limestone that was once home to a 4,000-square-foot vacation retreat splashed down 75 feet into Lake Whitney Sunday. Crumbling cliff where luxury mansion was burned down last summer finally collapses into Texas lake during violent rainstorm Crumbling cliff where luxury mansion was burned down last summer finally collapses into Texas lake during violent rainstorm Crumbling cliff where luxury mansion was burned down last summer finally collapses into Texas lake during violent rainstorm
More from Inside Edition: http://bit.ly/2bF0iuC Nearly 200,000 Californians living in an area near America's tallest dam were told to flee their homes after a break at an emergency spillway threatened to inundate the towns below it. Residents living near the Oroville Dam were warned of what officials at the time called an imminent threat that the spillway, designed to drain water from Oroville Lake to prevent it from topping the dam itself, might fail.
A family in West Lake Hills had a rude awakening Thursday morning after part of their roof partially collapsed.
SUBSCRIBE to ELITE NWO AGENDA for Latest Updates - http://www.youtube.com/user/elitenwoagenda?sub_confirmation=1 CALIFORNIA DAM ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE - Residents Face Weeks of Being Homeless as More Rain Due The California Department of Water Resources suspended overflow from the Oroville Dam after gushing water ripped open a sinkhole in the middle of the spillway. Engineers assessed the options and opened up a secondary, emergency spillway on Saturday morning That’s a complete reversal from the end of 2015, when persistent drought brought the lake’s water level to about 694 feet, or 33% of capacity—the second lowest level ever recorded. By yesterday morning the lake was swollen with so much water, 895 feet, that it had reached 96% of its maximum capacity. The 770-foot-tall Orovil...
Environment destruction Causes by Pumping Send from the River Bed, in Chaktomuk River. In many places in Cambodia, pumping sand from the river bed by Vietnamese boats leads to collapse of river bank and loss of people's homes. The sand is used to fill up lakes or exported to Singapore. This is a typical example of environment destruction. Source from facebook Page: Special Reporter