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Average depth: 87 ft (27 m) Max. depth: 180 ft (55 m) Water volume: 67,300 acre⋅ft (83,000,000 m 3) [3] Surface elevation: 2,503 ft (763 m) Islands: Kim Island is the only permanent island, sutuated toward the west end of the lake. There are a few very shallow areas that break the surface depending on water levels.
The lake is approximately 7 miles (11 km) long and 1-mile (1.6 km) wide, having a wildly varying depth with steep dropoffs plunging over 300 feet down. [6] About half a mile from the boat launch, the lake's characteristic geography can be seen: high basalt cliff walls on either side with rock pillars and spires protruding from the bottom.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of residents in Washington state remain without power Thursday, days after a powerful bomb cyclone brought damaging winds and heavy rain to the area, killing two people and ...
The precipitation, however, is substantially heavier than Spokane, and snow depth during winter typically three-and-half times as high at around 11 inches (0.28 m) versus Spokane's 3 inches (0.08 m). The wettest month was November 2006 with 8.34 inches (211.8 mm), and the wettest calendar year 1950 with 37.40 inches (950.0 mm), whilst the ...
Near its upper end, the lake surface lies more than 6,600 ft (2,000 m) below peaks less than 3 mi (4.8 km) away. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Before 1927, Lake Chelan was the largest natural lake in the state in terms of both surface area and water volume.
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.
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