Imperial Reservoir
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| Imperial Reservoir | |
|---|---|
| Location | Arizona/California |
| Coordinates | |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Colorado River |
| Primary outflows | Colorado River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface elevation | 184 ft (56 m) |
The Imperial Reservoir is the reservoir formed behind Imperial Dam on the Colorado River in the Lower Colorado River Valley. The reservoir is south of Blythe, California-Quartzsite, Arizona and north of Yuma, Arizona.
The reservoir is part of the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge.
[edit] Dry wash watersheds
Dry washes are the major watershed feed systems to Imperial Reservoir. The next upstream major watershed feeder is the Bill Williams River from western Arizona. Upstream on the Colorado River, the basic feeder watershed to Imperial Reservoir is the Havasu-Mojave Lakes Watershed, of Lake Havasu.
Two dry wash watershed attempt to enter the Imperial Reservoir from western Arizona, south of the Bill Williams River: the Bouse and Tyson Washes. Both washes end on the eastern perimeter of the Colorado River Indian Reservation along the Colorado River. Neither enters the river proper, except in extreme flood stage.
No "lengthy" watersheds flow eastwards from California; all are short distance, in the extreme aridity of this desert region.
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