Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake, also popularly known as Lake Shasta, is a reservoir in Shasta County, California, United States. It began to store water in 1944 due to the impounding of the Sacramento River by Shasta Dam, the ninth tallest dam in the United States.
  • Location: Shasta-Trinity National Forest · Shasta County, California
  • Primary inflows: Sacramento River, Pit River, McCloud River
  • Primary outflows: Sacramento River
  • Basin countries: United States
  • Max. length: 35 mi (56 km)
  • Surface area: 30,000 acres (12,000 ha)
  • Max. depth: 517 ft (158 m)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org