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Historically, construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal drastically changed the inflow and outflow of the lake. Before construction of the canal in 1916, Lake Washington's outlet was the Black River, which joined the Duwamish River and emptied into Elliott Bay. When the canal was opened the level of the lake dropped nearly nine feet (2.7 m ...
man-made 52: Table Rock Lake: Missouri - Arkansas: 2,702,000 acre⋅ft (3.3 km 3) 220 ft (67 m) man-made 53: Torch Lake: Michigan: 2,635,927 acre⋅ft (3.3 km 3) 302 ft (92 m) 54: Lake Texoma: Oklahoma - Texas: 2,566,946 acre⋅ft (3.2 km 3) 100 ft (30 m) man-made 55: Lake Hartwell: Georgia - South Carolina: 2,550,000 acre⋅ft (3.1 km 3) 185 ...
man-made 74 Lake Martin: Alabama: 69 sq mi 179 km 2: man-made 75 Clear Lake: California: 68 sq mi 176 km 2: natural 75 Robert S. Kerr Lake: Oklahoma: 68 sq mi 176 km 2: man-made 75 Seneca Lake: New York: 68 sq mi 176 km 2: natural 78 Pickwick Lake: Alabama–Mississippi–Tennessee: 67 sq mi 174 km 2: man-made 78 Table Rock Lake: Arkansas ...
Washington state is a hotbed for minerals, gemstones, crystals and fossils, making the Evergreen state a popular site for rockhounding. Whether in an official group or going solo, rockhounding is ...
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.
Lake Washington Ship Canal: Lake Washington [n 3] Gravity 0 26 7.9 458,000 565,000 1916 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Navigation Howard A. Hanson Dam: King: Green River: Howard A. Hanson Reservoir: Earthfill 235 72 136,700 168,600 1961 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Flood control, Water supply John Day Dam† Klickitat: Columbia River: Lake ...
A lake is a terrain feature (or physical feature), a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin (another type of landform or terrain feature; that is not global). Another definition is a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size that is surrounded by land.
Magnuson Park today features several sports fields, a picnic area, a swimming beach, public sailboating, [10] many paths for walking and bicycling, a dog park or off-leash dog area and "Kite Hill", a large grassy man-made hill constructed in the 1980s from earth and pavement pieces of the old airfield tarmac. Vehicle access includes boat launch ...