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Lake Sammamish is a freshwater lake 8 miles (13 km) east of Seattle in King County, Washington, United States. The lake is 7 miles (11 km) long and 1.5 miles (2 km) wide, with a maximum depth of 105 feet (32 m) and a surface area of 8 sq mi (21 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
The Sammamish River enters Lake Washington on the west side of Kenmore. The Sammamish River basin covers an area from Everett in the north to May Valley in the south. It is part of the larger Lake Washington-Cedar River drainage. [2] The total basin drainage area covers approximately 626 km 2 (242 mi 2), including the surface of Lake Sammamish ...
Lake Sammamish: King: 30 4,900 284,000 105 Sammamish River: Lake Washington 1] [6] [4] [5] Cle Elum Lake: Kittitas ... † denotes that body of water crosses state border
Beaver Lake has been historically a habitat for Beavers, from which it was named. [3] Beaver Lake "may soon need a name change" because flooding of some homeowner's docks, has prompted the Sammamish Parks and Recreation Department to obtain an emergency permit from the Washington Department of Ecology to relocate a family of beavers (Castor canadensis) that built a dam on Laughing Jacobs Creek ...
A eutrophic water body, commonly a lake or pond, has high biological productivity. Due to excessive nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, these water bodies are able to support an abundance of aquatic plants. Usually, the water body will be dominated either by aquatic plants or algae. When aquatic plants dominate, the water tends to be ...
Thanks to recent restrictions, the quality of the lake’s water appears to be improving. Lake Whatcom has been on the state’s list of polluted water bodies since 1998, as a result of the poor ...
Lake Sammamish State Park is a park at the south end of Lake Sammamish, in King County, Washington, United States. The park, which is administered by the Washington State Park System , covers an area of 512 acres (0.80 sq mi) and has 6,858 feet (2,090 m) of waterfront; Issaquah Creek meets with Lake Sammamish within the park. [ 2 ]
Lake Whatcom encompasses about 56 square miles and provides water for about 100,000 people, according to the city. About 18,000 people live in the Lake Whatcom watershed, according to a 2018 estimate.