Believe it or not, the Shasta Mountain that consists snow year round melts and creates several streams that feed lake Shasta. There are three main rivers :
the McCloud, Sacramento, and the Pit rivers are the three largest that feed the lake. The largest of these, the Sacramento river, actually begins as a spring coming out of a hill in the park in Mt. Shasta City (Siskiyou county)
The Colorado River feeds Lake Mead.
The Little Tallahatchie River feeds Sardis Lake in MS.
shasta and lake taho
Nile River
bob river
The Brazos River system feeds Possum Kingdom, Pat Cleburne, Lake Whitney and Waco Lake
lake michigan
The Hudson River
About 5 miles up from any river, that flows from Shasta lake, will be flooded.
Lake Victoria feeds the White Nile portion of the Nile River. Lake Tana feeds the portion known as the Blue Nile.
Yes, the snow that is on the mountain melts and creates Lake Shasta. They also have a dam which flows to be the Sacramento River and becomes the California aqueduct. Mt.Shasta that makes lake Shasta is very important because it brings water to everyone in Southern California.
The address of the Shasta Lake Heritage And Historical Society is: 3400 Shasta Gateway Dr, Shasta Lake, CA 96019