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This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Rock Lake is the deepest and largest of all scabland lakes left behind from the Missoula Floods, and holds that distinction for all of eastern Washington. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At its deepest, it is more than 360 feet (110 m) deep, although the official measurement is uncertain.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area that encompasses the 130-mile (210 km) long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake between Grand Coulee Dam and Northport, Washington, in eastern Washington state. The Grand Coulee Dam was built on the Columbia River in 1941 as part of the Columbia River Basin project.
M. Margaret Lake (Kittitas County, Washington) Mason Lake; Mazama Lakes; Melakwa Lake; Lake Meridian; Merrill Lake (Washington) Midway High Lakes Area; Monogram Lake
As of 2023, the U.S. state of Washington has 1,242 dams that are able to impound 10 acre-feet or more of water and are regulated by the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE). These include dams that produce hydroelectricity and create reservoirs for irrigation, drinking water, or recreational uses.
Lake Lenore (Washington) – Lake formed by the Missoula Floods in the lower Coulee in Washington state; Glacial lake outburst flood – Type of outburst flood that occurs when the dam containing a glacial lake fails; Drumheller Channels National Natural Landmark – U.S. natural landmark in Washington state; Dry Falls – Scalloped precipice ...
Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, typically grows in lakes, rivers, ponds, estuaries and marine water, according to the Washington State Department of Health, but not all blooms are ...
This isolated range has placed them on state and federal watchlists as critically imperiled species. [7] [9] Curlew Lake is one of several lakes in Eastern Washington to host a population of Euhrychiopsis lecontei (milfoil weevil) subsisting on the native milfoil species Myriophyllum sibiricum (northern milfoil). [10]