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The Lost River is a river in northern California and southwestern Oregon in the United States , approximately 70 mi (113 km) long. The river flows within an enclosed basin on the Volcanic Plateau southwest of the Klamath River watershed. Its waters provide irrigation in a farming and ranching region along the California-Oregon border. It rises in two forks in northern Modoc County, California west of Goose Lake in the Modoc National Forest . The short North Fork and South Fork, each approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, flow west and join east of the Clear Lake Reservoir . The combined stream flows through the Clear Lake Reservoir, then flows in a northward loop through southern Klamath County, Oregon , re-entering California approximately 20 mi (32 km) southeast of Klamath Falls . It enters the north end of intermittent Tule Lake , approximately 7 mi (13 km) south of the Oregon-California border. The lower reaches of the river near Tule Lake cross a ranching valley where the water of the river is diverted into multiple canals and ditches for Irrigation as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project . The ditches intermingle with those of the nearby Klamath River at the northwest end of the valley. During the mid-1800s, the river was used as the route of a portion of the Applegate Trail , a trail intended as a safer alternative to the main route of the Oregon Trail . The river was the traditional home of the Modoc during the 19th Century . In November 1872 it was the site of the Battle Of Lost River , the first battle of the Modoc War . |
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