| Okanagan Lake kɬúsx̌nítkw | |
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  Okanagan Lake kɬúsx̌nítkw | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°54′40″N 119°30′45″W / 49.91111°N 119.51250°W |
| Lake type | Fjord Lake,[1] Monomictic, Oligotrophic |
| Primary inflows | Mission Creek, Vernon Creek, Trout Creek, Penticton Creek, Equesis Creek, Kelowna Creek, Peachland Creek, Powers Creek, Whiteman Creek |
| Primary outflows | Okanagan River |
| Catchment area | 6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 135 kilometres (84 mi) |
| Max. width | 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 351 square kilometres (136 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Max. depth | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Water volume | 24.6 cubic kilometres (5.9 cu mi) |
| Residence time | 52.8 years |
| Shore length1 | 270 kilometres (170 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 342 m (1,122 ft) |
| Frozen | 1906/07 & 1949/50 |
| Islands | Rattlesnake Island, Grant Island |
| Settlements | Vernon, Lake Country, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Peachland, Summerland, Penticton |
| References | [2] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Okanagan Lake (Okanagan: kɬúsx̌nítkw)[3] is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km (84 mi) long, between 4 and 5 km (2.5 and 3.1 mi) wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2 (135 sq. mi.).[4][5][6]
- ^ Eyles, N., Mullins, H.T., and Hine, A.C. (1990). "Thick and fast: Sedimentation in a Pleistocene fiord lake of British Columbia, Canada". Geology. 18 (11): 1153–1157. Bibcode:1990Geo....18.1153E. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<1153:TAFSIA>2.3.CO;2.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Okanagan Lake". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "kɬúsx̌nítkʷ (Okanagan Lake) Responsibility Planning Initiative". Syilx Okanagan Nation Alliance. Okanagan Nation Alliance. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Limnology of the Major Lakes in the Okanagan Basin. Canada - British Columbia Okanagan Basin Agreement, Final Report, Technical Supplement V. (PDF) (Report). Penticton, British Columbia: British Columbia Water Resources Service. April 1974. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
Okanagan Lake surface area: 348 * 106 m2. Dat compiled by the charts of the Fish and Wildlife Branch, Department of Recreation and Conservation, BC.
- ^ Stockner J.G.; Northcote T.G. (1974). "Recent limnological studies of Okanagan Basin lakes and their contribution to comprehensive water resource planning". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 31 (5): 955–976. doi:10.1139/f74-111.
- ^ "Okanagan Lake". World Lakes Database. International Lake Environment Committee Foundation. Archived from the original on 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2006-05-12.