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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. According to the DOE, approximately 52 ...
Warm Springs Reservoir is a reservoir on the boundary between Harney and Malheur counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Juntura at an elevation of 3,406 feet (1,038 m). The lake's primary inflow and outflow are both the Malheur River. [2] [4]
The Warm Springs River is a tributary of the Deschutes River in north-central Oregon in the United States. [1] It flows generally southeast along the east side of the Cascade Range . The watershed is approximately between Mount Jefferson and Timothy Lake , and the northwestern and southwestern boundaries of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation ...
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs used part of its $4 million settlement to establish the Kah-Nee-Ta resort south of Mount Hood. [ 77 ] In 1977, 75 indigenous fishermen of the Yakama Tribe were arrested in a federal sting operation which claimed that fishermen were poaching up to 40,000 fish in the Columbia River.
The related term "warm spring" is defined as a spring with water temperature less than a hot spring by many sources, although Pentecost et al. (2003) suggest that the phrase "warm spring" is not useful and should be avoided. [9] The US NOAA Geophysical Data Center defines a "warm spring" as a spring with water between 20 and 50 °C (68 and 122 ...
Hot springs of Washington (state) (4 P) Pages in category "Springs of Washington (state)" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Olympic Hot Springs is located in Olympic National Park, Washington, United States. The springs contain 21 seeps near Boulder Creek, a tributary of the Elwha River . The temperature varies from lukewarm to 138 °F (59 °C).
Green Lake in 2015 with blue line showing the shoreline in 1911 before the water level was lowered. The lake has a surface area of 259 acres (1.05 km 2), a mean depth of 13 feet (4.0 m), and a maximum depth of 30 feet (9.1 m). The lake has been dredged in order to maintain its depth. Green Lake lacks both surface water inflows and outflows.