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Upper Klamath Lake: Oregon's largest lake by surface area, located near the California border, fed by the Williamson River (Oregon), and drained by the Link River into Lake Ewauna: North and South Twin Lakes: two small lakes near the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway Lake Umatilla: impoundment of the Columbia River formed by the John Day Dam: Wahtum Lake
Clear Lake is a mountain lake 86 mi (138 km) northeast of Eugene, Oregon, United States in Linn County. It has two main bodies connected by a bottleneck. The lake is primarily fed by snow runoff from nearby Mount Washington and the surrounding areas. The runoff filters through caverns for more than 20 years before emptying into Clear Lake.
Henry Hagg Lake (also known simply as Hagg Lake) is an artificial lake in northwest Oregon, in the United States. The reservoir is an impoundment of Scoggins Creek, which drains a small portion of the eastern side of the Northern Oregon Coast Range. [3] The lake and creek are part of the Tualatin River’s watershed in the Tualatin Valley. [4]
Howard Prairie Lake is a reservoir located 4,526 feet (1,380 m) above sea level in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is 18 miles (29 km) east of Ashland . The lake is formed by the 100-foot (30 m) tall Howard Prairie Dam, which impounds Beaver Creek, in the Klamath River watershed .
This serves to cool the normally warm summer water of the Rogue River, which improves conditions for fish migration and survival. The dam is 3,750 feet (1,140 m) long, 327 feet (100 m) high, with the top of the dam at an elevation of 1,882 feet (574 m) above mean sea level (MSL).The river below the dam is a popular area for easy rafting and ...
The Oregon Lakes ecoregion has 23 native species of fish. These include two endemic species – the Borax Lake chub (Gila boraxobius), which is found only in the Borax Lake basin in Oregon, and the Warner sucker (Catostomus warnerensis), found in the Warner Valley in Oregon and Nevada, where it inhabits the Warner Lakes and the valley's streams, sloughs, and ephemeral lakes.
Malheur Lake is a remnant of a much larger Pleistocene lake that drained east to the Malheur River, a tributary of the Snake River. [1] [5] The size of this ancient lake, which existed during a wetter climate, has been estimated at 900 square miles (2,300 km 2), with a maximum depth of 35 feet (11 m).
The Upper Klamath Basin today, showing the remnants of the vast Lake Modoc. Upper Klamath Lake is the largest present-day body of water in the Klamath River watershed, covering 96 square miles (250 km 2) on average, with a shoreline of 87 miles (140 km). It is also the largest freshwater lake in the state of Oregon. [9]