Medina Lake

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Name: Medina Lake
Water system: Guadalupe River (Texas)
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Medina River -> San Antonio River (Texas) -> Guadalupe River (Texas) -> San Antonio Bay -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Medina Lake is a reservoir on the Medina River in the Texas Hill Country of the United States. Medina Dam was completed in 1913 in a privately financed project, creating the lake to supply irrigation water for local agricultural use. It is a crescent-shaped reservoir running west to east. It is 29 km long and 5 km wide at its broadest point. It is contained by the Medina Dam at the lake's south end. At the time of the dam's construction, it was the largest concrete dam in the country and the fourth largest dam overall. The dam is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The lake is fed by and discharges back into the Medina River, and serves both recreational and irrigation uses.

Medina Lake has been stocked with species of fish intended to improve the reservoir for recreational fishing. Fish in Medina Lake include largemouth bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass, catfish, and carp. Due to drought conditions lasting up until July 2015, recreational fish species had disappeared.

Medina Lake

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