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Lake Crescent is known for brilliant blue waters and exceptional clarity caused by low levels of nitrogen in the water [1] that inhibit the growth of algae. The lake is located in a popular recreational area and features several trails, including the Spruce Railroad Trail , Pyramid Mountain trail, and the Barnes Creek trail to Marymere Falls .
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.
The potholes were initially carved out during the Pleistocene by flood waters originating from Glacial Lake Missoula. [3] Subsequent damming of the area by the Columbia Basin Project raised the water table high enough to allow these topographical depressions to become lakes. The formation of the pothole lakes also allowed the creation of ...
The temperature of the deep ocean drops gradually with depth. As saline water does not freeze until it reaches −2.3 °C (27.9 °F) (colder as depth and pressure increase) the temperature well below the surface is usually not far from zero degrees. [2] The thermocline varies in depth.
Fairholm (also spelled Fairholme) is a campground [1] in Clallam County, Washington, United States.The community is located at the west end of Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park.
Its maximum depth is 90 feet and the mean depth is 48 feet. With 10.9 miles of shoreline, the lake sits at 194 feet above sea level. More than a thousand residents live yearlong around the shores of Mason Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in Mason County, second to the man-made Lake Cushman to its northwest.
Moses Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of Crab Creek, in the U.S. state of Washington. Moses Lake is part of the Columbia River basin, as Crab Creek is a tributary of the Columbia River. Although originally a shallow natural lake, Moses Lake was dammed in the early 20th century for irrigation purposes.
The surrounding ridges rise dramatically to heights of more than 1,000 feet (300 m) above the water. The length of the lake is about 5 miles (8.0 km) while the maximum width is no more than half a mile (0.8 km). [5] The water surface is 2,503 feet (763 m) above sea level and the surface area is 773 acres (313 ha). [2]