Lake Wanapum

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Wanapum Lake
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Vantage Bridge over Lake Wanapum.
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Wanapum Lake
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Wanapum Lake
Location Kittitas / Grant / Douglas / Chelan counties, Washington
Coordinates 46°52′23″N119°58′19″W / 46.87306°N 119.97194°W / 46.87306; -119.97194
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Columbia River
Primary outflows Columbia River
Basin  countries United States
Water volume796,000 acre⋅ft (982,000,000 m3)
Surface elevation571 ft (174 m) [1]
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Wanapum Lake is a reservoir on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. It was created in 1963 with the construction of Wanapum Dam. It stretches from there upstream to the Rock Island Dam. The lake is named for the Wanapum people.

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