Yolo Bypass

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engineered floodplain flood bypass flood control infrastructure

The Yolo Bypass is a large engineered floodplain in California’s Central Valley that diverts excess Sacramento River floodwaters away from urban areas while providing important agricultural and wildlife habitat.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	engineered floodplain ⓘ flood bypass ⓘ flood control infrastructure ⓘ
adjacentTo	Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
area	approximately 59,000 acres ⓘ
constructedIn	early 20th century ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Solano County NERFINISHED ⓘ Yolo County NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor	high flow events ⓘ
emptiesInto	Sacramento River near Rio Vista NERFINISHED ⓘ
floodwatersEnterVia	Fremont Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacramento Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Fremont Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacramento Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Yolo Causeway NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor	Pacific Flyway waterbird habitat ⓘ ecosystem restoration ⓘ floodplain fisheries ⓘ
length	approximately 40 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Central Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Solano County NERFINISHED ⓘ Yolo County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInHydrologicalBasin	Sacramento River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
managesFloodwatersFrom	American River NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacramento River NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Davis, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacramento NERFINISHED ⓘ West Sacramento NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	California Department of Water Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sacramento River Flood Control Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesHabitatFor	migratory birds ⓘ native fish species ⓘ salmon ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ
purpose	divert Sacramento River floodwaters ⓘ flood control ⓘ protect urban areas from flooding ⓘ provide agricultural land use ⓘ provide wildlife habitat ⓘ
regulatedBy	federal flood control manuals ⓘ state water management plans ⓘ
typicalLandUseWhenDry	agriculture ⓘ grazing ⓘ
width	up to about 3 miles ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Putah Creek → mouthLocation → Yolo Bypass ⓘ

Cache Creek → tributaryOf → Yolo Bypass ⓘ

Sacramento River watershed infrastructure → majorComponent → Yolo Bypass ⓘ