Potholes Reservoir

Potholes Reservoir
	Aerial view from the north (2009). Moses Lake is front left, Potholes Reservoir in the middle.
Location:	Grant County , Washington (USA)
Tributaries:	y56456
	Washington , United States
Coordinates	46 ° 58 '57 " N , 119 ° 17' 28" W Coordinates: 46 ° 58 '57 " N , 119 ° 17' 28" W.
	Data on the structure
	Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination )	1,043 ft (318 m)

The Potholes Reservoir is part of the Columbia Basin Project . It is formed by the O'Sullivan Dam and is located in the central part of the US state of Washington . The reservoir is fed with water from Moses Lake , which is part of the Crab Creek catchment area .

There are several lakes in the area (typically 30… 65 m wide and 3… 9 m deep). These "pots" (English "potholes") were created through both natural and anthropogenic processes. The potholes were originally washed out by water currents from Lake Missoula during the Pleistocene . Later containment of the area by the Columbia Basin Project raised the water table high enough to fill these topographical depressions with water and create lakes.

The Potholes Reservoir is also known as:

Moses Lake
O'Sullivan Reservoir
Mardon
Mardon Resort

recreation

On the shores of the lake is Potholes State Park , a 640 acres (259 hectare) park in the Washington State Park System . It occupies 600 ft (approximately 200 m) of the bank of the reservoir.

fauna

There are many species of fish in the reservoir including:

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Potholes Reservoir ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved May 3, 2009.
^ David Alt, Donald W. Hundman: Northwest Exposures: A Geologic History of the Northwest . Mountain Press, Missoula, Mont. 1995, ISBN 0-87842-323-0 .
^ Potholes State Park . Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

Web links

Potholes Reservoir Unit - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Potholes Reservoir Resource Management Plan - US Department of the Interior
Potholes Reservoir Fishing - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

[GNIS-PR-1] A ^b Potholes Reservoir ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved May 3, 2009.

[Alt-2] David Alt, Donald W. Hundman: Northwest Exposures: A Geologic History of the Northwest . Mountain Press, Missoula, Mont. 1995, ISBN 0-87842-323-0 .

[wasp-3] Potholes State Park . Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.