Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Craighead Caverns is an extensive cave system located in between Sweetwater and Madisonville, Tennessee. It is best known for containing the United States ' largest and the world's second largest non- subglacial underground lake, The Lost Sea. In addition to the lake, the caverns contain an abundance of crystal clusters called anthodites ...
Lake Powell, impounded by Glen Canyon Dam, is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage ...
Lake Pend Oreille (/ ˌpɒndəˈreɪ / POND-ə-RAY) [2] in the northern Idaho Panhandle is the largest lake in the U.S. state of Idaho and the 38th-largest lake by area in the United States, with a surface area of 148 square miles (380 km 2). It is 69 kilometres (43 mi) long, and 1,152 feet (351 m) deep in some regions, making it the fifth ...
303.5 ft (92.5 m) [2] 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 ...
Larry Grathwohl. Larry David Grathwohl (October 13, 1947 – July 18, 2013) [1] was a United States Army veteran and an Federal Bureau of Investigation informant in the 1970s. He infiltrated the Weather Underground [2] and co-wrote a book about his experiences: Bringing Down America: An FBI informer with the Weathermen (1976). [3][4]
Coordinates: 37.3760°N 91.4912°W. Devils Well is a sinkhole cave near Akers in the U.S. state of Missouri, containing an underground lake that is the largest in the state. [1] It is a part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and can be viewed by the public any day during daylight hours. The U.S. Park Service has set up a metal staircase ...
Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately 17 miles (27 km) west of Port Angeles on U.S. Route 101, near the small community of Piedmont. With an official maximum depth of 624 feet (190 m), it is officially the second deepest lake in the state of ...
Pacific Tarn is a small lake located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in the United States.It is notable for its 13,420 foot (4,090 m) elevation, [1] making it the highest lake in the United States whose name is recognized by the United States Board on Geographic Names, surpassing other lakes such as Hawaii's Lake Waiau on Mauna Kea, and California's Tulainyo Lake near Mount Whitney.