What is the mysterious hole in the lake?
What is the mysterious hole in the lake? Crowds watch mesmerized by the sight of water spiraling down in the middle of a lake. It's an image that seems to defy logic. This is the 'The Glory Hole' at Lake Berryessa. Officially, its name is the 'Morning Glory Spillway,' as the hole is actually a unique spillway for the lake and Monticello Dam.
What is the deepest part of the lake called?
A lake's shallowest layer is the epilimnion. Its middle layer is the metalimnion, or thermocline. The deepest layer is the hypolimnion.
What is the Ghost lake in California?
California's especially stormy winter has rejuvenated a long-dead lake. Tulare Lake, less than an hour's drive from downtown Fresno, was at one point the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi. Settlers and farmers living in the region used its waters for irrigation and for consumption.