Oroville - Lake Oroville Dam

Some 10mi/16km northeast of Oroville (CA 162 and Canyon Drive) the 775ft/235m-high Oroville Dam has been constructed, forming the lake of the same name; with banks totaling 170mi/269km in length it is an important part of the California State Water Project, which was begun in the sixties to bring water from the north of the state down to the central regions and the south.