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Klamath Lakes

American  

plural noun

  1. two lakes that drain into the Klamath River: one lake Upper Klamath Lake is in SW Oregon, and the other Lower Klamath Lake is in N California.


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It has been proposed to run the California extension of the Oregon and California Railroad through the gap between Upper and Lower Klamath Lakes.

From Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash

Near the Klamath Lakes, seemingly the most imposing of all the fresh-water lakes that the map revealed, he found a city named Klamath Falls.

From The Voice of the Pack by Edison Marshall

Huge depressions in the land are filled with the Upper and Lower Klamath Lakes, the latter crossing the California boundary-line.

From Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash

This is the case with the Minnesota Lakes, the Sunk Lands of Arkansas, the Klamath Lakes of Oregon, and I think it is also true of southern California.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday

The Klamath Lakes have been taken over by the Government as a bird refuge.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday

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