Tulare Lake was a large, shallow lake in eastern
Amador Valley
Amador Valley is a valley in eastern Alameda County, California and is the location of the cities of Dublin and Pleasanton. Part of Tri-Valley, the valley is bounded by the foothills of the Diablo Range on the north and south, Pleasanton Ridge t ...
, surrounded by Willow Marsh (also known as the Lagoon).
Tule rush
''Schoenoplectus acutus'' ( syn. ''Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus lacustris, Scirpus lacustris'' subsp. ''acutus''), called tule , common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, or viscid bulrush, is a giant species of sedge in the pl ...
es and
willow tree
Willows are a genus of trees.
Willow Tree may refer to:
Places
* Willow Tree, New South Wales, a village in Australia
* Willow Tree railway station, in Australia
* Willow Tree (LIRR station), a railway station in New York
Entertainment
* "Wil ...
s once lined the marshes and sloughs of its shores. Drainage alterations starting in the 19th century have since reduced the marsh to the
Arroyo de la Laguna,
and the city of
Pleasanton has since expanded across what was once marshland. Such rapid developments have led to tricky seasonal flow variations in
Niles Canyon
Niles Canyon is a canyon in the San Francisco Bay Area formed by Alameda Creek, known for its heritage railroad and silent movie history. The canyon is largely in an unincorporated area of Alameda County, while the western portion of the cany ...
.
The lake was fed by Arroyos
Mocho,
Valle, and
Las Positas (when rainfall was substantial enough for them to reach the lagoon), as well as by
Tassajara Creek and other Amador Valley creeks. Its seasonal outlet was the
Arroyo de la Laguna.
References
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Lakes of Alameda County, California