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a small lake on the summit of the South Sister, Oregon's highest lake at 10,400 feet (3,200 m) elevation, Tenmile Lake (Oregon) Largest lake in the Tenmile Creek basin near Reedsport: Thief Valley Reservoir: an impoundment on the Powder River
Upper Klamath Lake is the largest remnant of Lake Modoc, a giant pluvial lake that existed in the region until about 10,000 years ago. At its largest, Lake Modoc covered over 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2), joining Upper Klamath, Lower Klamath, and Tule Lakes, as well as all of the major wetlands in the upper Klamath River basin, into a contiguous body of water.
The lake is approximately 300 acres (1.2 km 2), [1] at an elevation of 4,134 feet (1,260 m). [2] It is the largest lake in an Oregon wilderness area and the largest lake not accessible by automobile. With the exception of large Waldo Lake, it is the largest natural lake in the Willamette National Forest on the west slope of the Central Cascade ...
Crater Lake: Oregon: 14,100,000 acre⋅ft (17.4 km 3) 1,949 ft (594 m) deepest lake in the United States 23: Seneca Lake: New York: 12,566,054 acre⋅ft (15.5 km 3) 618 ft (188 m) largest of the Finger Lakes: 24: Yellowstone Lake: Wyoming: 12,095,264 acre⋅ft (14.9 km 3) 390 ft (119 m) highest in elevation of large lakes 25: Lake Franklin D ...
Tenmile Lake is the largest and southernmost of a chain of lakes along the Oregon Coast south of the Umpqua River in the United States. [clarification needed] The chain includes North Tenmile, Eel, Clear, and smaller lakes, which drain into the Pacific Ocean via Tenmile Creek.
The Upper Klamath Basin today, showing the remnants of the vast Lake Modoc. Upper Klamath Lake is the largest present-day body of water in the Klamath River watershed, covering 96 square miles (250 km 2) on average, with a shoreline of 87 miles (140 km). It is also the largest freshwater lake in the state of Oregon. [9]
Siltcoos Lake (silt’-koos), [3] at 3,164 acres (1,280 ha), is the largest lake on the Oregon Coast of the United States. [1] Fed by runoff from a basin of about 68 square miles (180 km 2) in Douglas and Lane counties, it is about 7 miles (11 km) south of Florence and 0.5 miles (1 km) east of U.S. Route 101. [1]
[3] The largest lake within the boundaries of the Columbia River Gorge, it is the source of the East Fork of Eagle Creek, and at 184 feet (56 m) is the deepest lake in the Mount Hood National Forest. [1] At an elevation of 3,727 feet (1,136 m), [2] the lake is located in a cirque formed by glacial erosion. [1]