Skaha Lake | |
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Location | British Columbia |
Coordinates | 49°25′20″N 119°35′16″W / 49.42222°N 119.58778°W |
Primary inflows | Okanagan River |
Primary outflows | Okanagan River |
Catchment area | Okanagan Basin |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 11.8 kilometres (7.3 mi) |
Max. width | 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) |
Surface area | 19.6 square kilometres (7.6 sq mi) |
Average depth | 26.6 metres (87 ft) |
Max. depth | 56.7 metres (186 ft) |
Water volume | 0.552 cubic kilometres (0.132 cu mi) |
Residence time | 1.1 years |
Shore length1 | 30.7 kilometres (19.1 mi) |
Surface elevation | 339 m (1112 ft) |
Frozen | February 2014 |
Settlements | Penticton, Okanagan Falls |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Skaha Lake is a freshwater lake, through which the Okanagan River flows, in the Okanagan region of south central British Columbia.[1] Along the shoreline are Penticton (north), Kaleden (west), and Okanagan Falls (south).