Tulare Lake earned the nickname "ghost lake" because it vanished over a century ago after its water was diverted for farming.

After a disappearance lasting over 130 years, California’s Tulare Lake has returned ... Settlers built hundreds of irrigation canals and basins to redirect water, turning the land into arable ...

A California “ghost lake” that disappeared in the 19th century is making its grand return after 130 years, swallowing up 94,000 acres and counting of private farmland. The Tulare Lake in ...

Central Valley includes water from the Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, Tulare Lake Basin Consists of water channels and manmade islands The Delta serves as a vast switching yard for much of the ...

Its disappearance in the late 19th century resulted from agricultural drainage. The Tachi Yokut tribe historically relied on Tulare Lake for sustenance. The lake's return prompts reevaluation of ...