Lakes Mead and Powell eclipse California’s largest reservoirs in total storage capacity

A diagram shows the relative sizes of Lakes Powell and Mead compared to other California reservoirs.

Lake Powell

Lake Mead

Lake Almanor

New Don Pedro Reservoir

Folsom Lake

Lake Berryessa

Lake Oroville

Shasta Lake

Trinity

Lake

New Melones

Reservoir

San Luis Reservoir

A diagram shows the relative sizes of Lakes Powell and Mead compared to other California reservoirs.

Lake Powell

Lake Mead

Lake Almanor

New Don Pedro Reservoir

Folsom Lake

Lake

Berryessa

Lake Oroville

Shasta Lake

Trinity

Lake

New Melones

Reservoir

San Luis

Reservoir

California Department of Water Resources

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