Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake | |
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Location | Washington, USA |
Coordinates | 47°57′22″N 118°58′50″W / 47.95611°N 118.98056°W at Grand Coulee Dam |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Columbia River |
Primary outflows | Columbia River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 125 sq mi (320 km2) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (also called Lake Roosevelt) is the reservoir created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. It is named for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was President during the construction of the dam. Covering 125 square miles (80,000 acres), it stretches about 150 miles from the Canadian border to Grand Coulee Dam, with over 600 miles of shoreline; it is the largest lake and reservoir in Washington,[1][2] and home of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
The reservoir lies in parts of five counties in northeastern Washington; roughly in descending order of lake acreage they are Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Grant counties. A good indication of the extent of the lake can be seen from a map centered about the town of Inchelium 48°17′49″N 118°11′48″W / 48.29694°N 118.19667°W.
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- Columbia River
- Reservoirs in Washington (state)
- Landforms of Ferry County, Washington
- Landforms of Grant County, Washington
- Landforms of Lincoln County, Washington
- Landforms of Okanogan County, Washington
- Landforms of Stevens County, Washington
- Buildings and structures in Ferry County, Washington
- Buildings and structures in Grant County, Washington
- Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Washington
- Buildings and structures in Okanogan County, Washington
- Buildings and structures in Stevens County, Washington
- Dams and reservoirs in U.S. National Park Service units
- Protected areas of Ferry County, Washington
- Protected areas of Grant County, Washington
- Protected areas of Lincoln County, Washington
- Protected areas of Okanogan County, Washington
- Protected areas of Stevens County, Washington
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