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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Lakes of Maricopa County, Arizona, Mountain ranges of Maricopa County, Arizona, Tempe Town Lake, Salt River, Piestewa Peak, Verde River, Painted Rock Dam, Sierra Estrella, Camelback Mountain, Tonopah Desert, Superstition Mountains, Papago Park, Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Tempe Butte, Gila Bend Mountains, Belmont Mountains, South Mountains, Childs Valley, Sunnyslope Mountain, List of Bouse and Centennial Wash landforms, Mummy Mountain, Canyon Lake, Encanto Park, Dendora Valley, Apache Lake, Growler Valley, White Tank Mountains, Mount McDowell, Bartlett Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Saguaro Lake, Harquahala Mountains, Sugarloaf Mountain, Phoenix Mountains, Hole-in-the-Rock, Mazatzal Mountains, Hassayampa River, Four Peaks, McDowell Mountains, Evelyn Hallman Pond, Kiwanis Lake, Alvord Lake, Chaparral Lake, Desert Breeze Lake, Surprise Lake, Rio Vista Pond, Cortez Lake, List of mountain ranges of Maricopa County, Arizona, Phallic Rock, Steele Indian School Park Pond, Sentinel Plain, Water Ranch Lake, Desert West Lake, Riverview Lake, Red Mountain Lake, Hyder Valley, Lime Mountain (Maricopa County, Arizona), Thompson Peak, Salt River Valley, East End Peak. Excerpt: Tempe Town Lake is a reservoir that occupies a portion of the currently dry riverbed of the Salt River as it passes through the city of Tempe, Arizona just north of Tempe Butte. On July 20, 2010, a portion of the west side of the dam that contained the water in the lake collapsed sending a flood of water into the Salt River bed which drained the lake. In March 1989, Tempe adopted the Rio Salado Master Plan which represented the culmination of more than 20 years of environmental land planning. Studies of water quality and usage, the Mill Avenue Bridges and ASU recreation ensued and programming began. A groundbreaking ceremony near Tempe Beach Park marked the beginnin...
