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Lake Sonoma is a reservoir west of Healdsburg in northern Sonoma County, California, created by the construction of Warm Springs Dam. Access from U.S. Route 101 is by way of Dry Creek Road from Healdsburg. The lake provides water for countywide growth and development, and for recreation. At full capacity, it has of shoreline, a surface area of more than ,〔 and holds of water.〔 Activities include boating, swimming, fishing, riding, hiking, camping, and hunting.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lake Sonoma: Welcome )〕 Notable features include the Milt Brandt Visitor Center, the adjacent Congressman Don Clausen Fish Hatchery, and the Warm Springs Recreation Area below the dam. The US Army Corps of Engineers built Warm Springs Dam across Dry Creek. Completed in 1982, this rolled-earth embankment dam is high, long, and wide at the top. It contains of earth.〔 The dam aids in flood control, and a hydroelectric plant produces electricity from the water released downstream. A minimum amount of flow must be maintained in Dry Creek to allow fish migration. Pomo people had lived in the Dry Creek area since at least the 18th century, and some of them resisted the creation of the lake. Archaeologists at Sonoma State University have written about the prehistory and history of Warm Springs Dam, Lake Sonoma, and the Dry Creek Valley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Before Warm Springs Dam )〕 ==See also== *Dry Creek Valley AVA *Lake Mendocino *List of dams and reservoirs in California *List of lakes in California *List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area *List of largest reservoirs of California 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Sonoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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