Bumping Lake
| Bumping Lake | ||
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| Bumping Lake in May 2007 | ||
| Geographical location | Yakima County , Washington (USA) | |
| Tributaries | Bumping river | |
| Drain | Bumping river | |
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 51 '5 " N , 121 ° 19' 9" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1044 m | |
| length | 4.8 km | |
| width | 800 m | |
| volume | 42,000,000 m³ | |
The Bumping Lake is a dammed and enlarged natural lake on the Bumping River in Yakima County in the US state of Washington .
The lake is used as storage for the Yakima Project, an irrigation project run by the United States Bureau of Reclamation . Although it is of natural origin, its volume and drainage are regulated by the Bumping Lake Dam , an 18 m high earth dam that was built in 1910 and modified in the 1990s. Its current storage capacity is 41.6 million m³. The catchment area is 180 km².
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yakima Project ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , United States Bureau of Reclamation .
Web links
Commons : Bumping Lake - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Bumping Lake at Recreation.gov (English)
- Friends of Bumping Lake
- Bumping Lake Dam , United States Bureau of Reclamation
- Bumping Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey