| Lake Merced | |
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| Location | California |
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| Primary inflows | underground spring |
| Basin countries | United States |
Lake Merced is a freshwater lake in the southwest corner of San Francisco, California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In Hydrology, the inflow of a Body of water is the source of the Water in the body of water A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city It is surrounded by three golf courses (the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public Harding Park Golf Club), as well as residential areas, Lowell High School, San Francisco State University, Fort Funston and the Pacific Ocean. The Olympic Club is a San Francisco, California -based athletic club with three Golf courses located in Daly City, California The Harding Park Golf Club (commonly known as Harding Park) is a Municipal golf course owned by the city and county of San Francisco. Lowell High School, a public Magnet school in San Francisco, is the oldest public High school west of the Mississippi in the San Francisco State University (informally referred to as San Francisco State, SF State, State and SFSU) is a public University The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA is a US National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service that surrounds the San Francisco The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions
Once owned by Francisco De Haro, first Alcade of Yerba Buena, as part of the Galindo ranch. Don Francisco de Haro (1792 &ndash November 28, 1849) was the first Alcalde ( Mayor) of Yerba Buena in 1834 Alcalde () or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate who had both Judicial and administrative functions Yerba Buena was the name of a town in the Mexican territory of Alta California that became the city of San Francisco California, after it was claimed by
The Spring Valley Water Company bought the water rights for the Lake in 1868, and the surrounding watershed in successive years[1]. The San Francisco Water Department is an agency in San Francisco that provides water service to residents of the San Francisco Bay Area. By purchasing all local supply, the company created a monopoly on San Francisco's water. It was not until 1908, when the city approved construction of O'Shaughnessy Dam creating the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, that the city gained municipal control. This article concerns the dam in the Sierra Nevada mountains For the one near Columbus Ohio see O'Shaughnessy Dam (Ohio. Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is a reservoir in Yosemite National Park, about 65 miles (105 km northeast from the city of Merced California. The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U Prior to the construction of the dam, Lake Merced was to serve as the city's main resevior, with plans to expand the lake into land that is now the San Francisco State University campus. San Francisco State University (informally referred to as San Francisco State, SF State, State and SFSU) is a public University Around this time, Spring Valley sold off some of its land on Lake Merced, making way for the golf courses that exist today. In 1940, Metropolitan Life bought the last of Spring Valley's land to build the Parkmerced apartment complex. MetLife Inc is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or MetLife for short Parkmerced, the largest neighborhood of apartment blocks west of the Mississippi River, is a Planned neighborhood of high-rise apartment towers and low-rise garden
The lake is fed by an underground spring, and at one time it did have an outlet to the ocean. The salt level was always fluctuating, and therefore some species of fish which inhabit the lake are salt and freshwater adapted. Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two There is active recreational fishing at the lake.
The lake's water level has been shrinking for decades and the lake is now three separate ponds separated by mud flats that were formerly the bottom of the lake. The issue is very contentious in local politics and the community and government is trying to solve the problem.
Lake Merced is also associated with Daly City, although lake levels are decreasing, endangering the historic role of Lake Merced to support a healthy ecosystem. Daly City is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States with a 2000 population of 103621 An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants animals and micro-organisms( Biotic factors in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical ( [1]
Famous duel
On September 13, 1859, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court David S. Terry killed United States Senator David C. Broderick in a duel at the lake. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Supreme Court of California is the State supreme court in California. David Smith Terry (March 8 1823&ndashAugust 14 1889 was a California politician perhaps best known for his having killed United States Senator David C The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives David Colbreth Broderick ( February 4, 1820 &ndash September 16, 1859) was a United States Senator and an anti- Slavery [2]
See also
References
- ^ http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/LakeMerced/water.htm Lake Merced Hydrology
- ^ Hittell, Theodore Henry (1898), History of California, vol. The 49-Mile Scenic Drive (also known as 49-Mile Drive) in and around San Francisco highlights many of the city's major attractions and historic structures This list of Lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area groups lakes ponds and reservoirs by county iv, San Francisco, California: N. J. Stone & Company, pp. 224, <http://books.google.com/books?id=DuctAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA224>
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