| Sweetwater Reservoir | |||||||||
| Location: | San Diego County, California[1] | ||||||||
| Coords: | 32.6969°N -116.9872°W[2] | ||||||||
| Type: | Reservoir | ||||||||
| Inflow: | Sweetwater River | ||||||||
| Outflow: | Sweetwater River | ||||||||
| Catchment: | 182sqmi | ||||||||
| Basin Countries: | United States | ||||||||
| Frozen: | Never | ||||||||
| Islands: | none | ||||||||
| Cities: | La Presa | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | California#USA | ||||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | top | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Sweetwater Reservoir in California, USA. | ||||||||
| Agency: | Sweetwater Authority | ||||||||
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Sweetwater Reservoir is a 960acres artificial lake in San Diego County, California, formed by Sweetwater Dam on the Sweetwater River. Construction of the dam was completed in 1888.
The area surrounding the reservoir is home to several species, including least Bell's vireo and the California gnatcatcher. It lies near the census-designated places of Bonita, La Presa and Spring Valley. The drainage basin it forms along with Loveland Reservoir covers .