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Sierras - Boca Reservoir

Folder: Sierra Nevada, California
And dam, plus adjacent parts of the Little Truckee River and the old town site of Boca. The drought has hit this reservoir hard. "Boca" = "mouth" in Spanish, and is here used in the sense of "river mouth," as this is where the Little Truckee joins the main Truckee.

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Truckee River

California, USA. The highway is Interstate 80, heading west up to Donner Pass over the Sierra Nevada. This has been a major transportation corridor into California since before the Gold Rush days. The original transcontinental railroad also follows this route--it's right behind me. The stream entering the Truckee at right center is the Little Truckee River. Map position is even more approximate than usual due to the loss of the "satellite view" feature!

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Boca Dam

On the Little Truckee River, northern Sierra Nevada, California, USA. It backs up Boca Reservoir, which is currently extremely low due to the drought, and which is one of the storage reservoirs on the Truckee River drainage. There are pix of the shrunken reservoir elsewhere in this set.

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