San Luis Reservoir

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artificial lake reservoir

San Luis Reservoir is a large artificial lake in California that serves as a major water storage facility for irrigation and municipal use in the state’s Central Valley.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial lake → reservoir →
basinCountry	United States →
climate	semi-arid →
country	United States →
createdBy	San Luis Dam →
damType	earthfill dam →
elevation	about 544 feet above sea level →
hasFishingSpecies	catfish → crappie → largemouth bass → striped bass →
hasPart	Los Banos Creek Reservoir (nearby associated facility) → O’Neill Forebay →
inception	1960s →
locatedIn	California → Central Valley →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Merced County, California NERFINISHED → Santa Clara County, California NERFINISHED →
locatedInProtectedArea	San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area →
locatedNear	Los Banos, California → Pacheco Pass →
locatedOnRiver	San Luis Creek →
managesWaterFor	Central Valley cities → San Joaquin Valley agriculture →
maximumCapacity	about 2,000,000 acre-feet →
namedAfter	San Luis Creek →
nearbyHighway	California State Route 152 NERFINISHED →
opened	1967 →
operator	California Department of Water Resources → United States Bureau of Reclamation →
partOf	California State Water Project → Central Valley Project → San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area →
primaryFunction	offstream water storage →
publicAccess	yes →
recreationActivity	boating → camping → fishing → hiking →
surfaceArea	about 12,700 acres →
use	irrigation water storage → municipal water storage → recreation →
watercourse	San Luis Creek →
waterSource	California Aqueduct → Delta–Mendota Canal →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
State Water Project → State Water Project ("San Luis Dam") →	hasComponent
San Luis Unit →	hasPart
Central Valley Project →	includes
SWP ("San Luis Reservoir (jointly with federal Central Valley Project)") →	includesComponent
San Luis Reservoir ("San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area") →	locatedInProtectedArea
California Aqueduct →	notableReservoirConnection
San Luis Reservoir ("San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area") →	partOf