Sepulveda Dam

The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the . Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561, it is located south of center in the , approximately eight miles east of the river's source in the western end of the Valley, in Los Angeles, California.
Wikipedia
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 702 feet (214 metres)
  • Description: flood control dam on the Los Angeles River in California, United States

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Encino Hospital Medical Center and Valley Beth Shalom.

Hospital
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The is a in Encino, . is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Sepulveda Dam.

Synagogue
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is a Conservative synagogue… is situated 4,000 feet south of Sepulveda Dam.

Church
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The Proto-Cathedral of St. is situated 4,200 feet east of Sepulveda Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Valley and Encino.

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is an area of the of .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the region of , .

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a neighborhood in the …

Sepulveda Dam

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Latitude
34.16625° or 34° 9′ 59″ north
Longitude
-118.48089° or 118° 28′ 51″ west
Open location code
85635G89+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 696552077
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5394424
Wiki­data ID
Q7452396

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Sepulveda Dam” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “presa Sepulveda”
  • Cebuano: “Sepulveda Dam”
  • Chinese: “塞普尔韦达坝”
  • Chinese: “塞普爾韋達大壩”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد سيبولفيدا”
  • French: “barrage Sepulveda”
  • French: “Barrage Sepulveda”
  • Hausa: “Sepulveda Dam”
  • Hebrew: “סכר ספולוודה”
  • Italian: “diga di Sepulveda”
  • Japanese: “セプルベダ・ダム”
  • Persian: “سد سپولودا”
  • Slovenian: “jez Sepulveda”
  • Spanish: “Presa Sepulveda”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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