100 Biggest Dams on DEM
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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.