Klamath River

Klamath River, river rising in Upper Klamath Lake just above Klamath Falls, Oregon, U.S. It flows south for 1.25 miles (2 km) as the Link River to Lake Ewauna, where it emerges as the Klamath River, and continues generally southwesterly 250 miles (400 km) through the Klamath Mountains in California to the Pacific Ocean near Requa, California. Beginning in 1918, an energy company built six dams on the Klamath to generate hydroelectric power, resulting in...