| Laguna Lake | |
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| Lago de la Laguna (Spanish) | |
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| Location | Sonoma and Marin counties, California |
| Coordinates | 38°12′52″N 122°44′52″W / 38.214363°N 122.747767°W / 38.214363; -122.747767 |
| Type | intermittent lake |
| Primary outflows | Chileno Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 2 miles (3 km) |
| Max. width | 0.5 miles (1 km) |
| Surface area | 200 acres (81 ha) |
| Surface elevation | 226 ft (69 m) |
| Settlements | Petaluma, California |
| References | |
Laguna Lake is a shallow natural lake at the head of the Chileno Valley. It retains some water year round. The 200 acres (81 ha) lake is 0.5 miles (1 km) wide and 2 miles (3 km) long, straddling the Sonoma-Marin county line in northern California, United States. It is the source of Chileno Creek which flows 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west to Walker Creek.
It was included in the Rancho Laguna de San Antonio Mexican land grant, which was given to Bartolomé Bojorquez in 1845.
Laguna Lake is used extensively for migrating and breeding waterfowl and Agriculture. agr.
See also
References
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 650. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laguna Lake
- ^ "Tomales Bay Watershed - History and Habitat". Marin County Watershed Program. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- "Chileno Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laguna De San Antonio
- "Plat of the Rancho Laguna de San Antonio". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
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