100 Biggest Dams on DEM

 

A point for each of the 100 biggest California dams, with point proportional to maximum storage capacity for each dam. The base image for this view is a Digital Elevation Model of California, which highlights the topography of the state. Note the concentration of large dams ringing the great Central Valley, and Eastward, in the Sierra Nevada range. Much of this captured water supplies agriculture in the valley.