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Seminar on the California Delta

Flooded Delta island

Flooded Delta island

Franks Tract, a flooded island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This island failed in the 1930s and the levees were never repaired. It is the largest area of open water in the Delta and represents the future of many other subsided Delta islands as sea level rises.

Credits: Peter B. Moyle