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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 ]
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 ]
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 ...
Beaver Lake Preserve erratics are glacial erratics in and around protected space in Sammamish, weighing up to 100 tons. [9] The lake is a kettle lake also due to glaciation. [ 9 ] In the 1950s otters would reportedly rest on the large erratic at the north end of Beaver Lake.
Puget Sound's shoreline is 1,332 miles (2,144 km) long, encompassing a water area of 1,020 square miles (2,600 km 2) and a total volume of 26.5 cubic miles (110 km 3) at mean high water. The average volume of water flowing in and out of Puget Sound during each tide is 1.26 cubic miles (5.3 km 3 ).
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 ...
Yellow Lake is located within Klahanie, a planned community that was annexed by Sammamish in 2016. The lake was named for its yellow water lilies. The lake is surrounded by a forested buffer strip, serving as an urban wildlife sanctuary. Due to this abundant habitat, the lake supports many birds and other wildlife.
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.