Cle Elum Lake
Lake in Washington, United States of America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cle Elum Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of the Cle Elum River, in Washington state USA. At the site of the future city of Cle Elum, Washington, a Northern Pacific Railway station was named Clealum after the Kittitas name Tle-el-Lum (tlielləm), meaning "swift water", referring to the Cle Elum River. The lake was also labeled as Kleattam Lake in maps of the 1850s.[1]
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Location | Kittitas County, Washington |
Coordinates | 47.2820°N 121.1075°W / 47.2820; -121.1075 |
Type | natural lake, reservoir |
Primary inflows | Cle Elum River |
Primary outflows | Cle Elum River |
Catchment area | 260 sq mi (670 km2) |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 7.4 mi (11.9 km) |
Max. width | 1 mi (1.6 km) |
Water volume | 436,900 acre-feet (538,900,000 m3) |
Surface elevation | 2,223 ft (678 m) |
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