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Primary inflows
  
Basin countries
  
United States

Elevation
  
326 m

Local time
  
Sunday 3:19 AM

Primary outflows
  
Surface area
  
6,800 acres (28 km)

Zip code
  
98837

Population
  
21,360 (2013)

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Location
  
Grant County, Washington

Type
  
natural lake, reservoir

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 61% Humidity

Moses Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of Crab Creek, in Washington state, USA.

Map of Moses Lake, WA 98837, USA

Moses Lake is part of the Columbia River basin, as Crab Creek is a tributary of the Columbia River.

Although originally a shallow natural lake, Moses Lake was dammed in the early 20th century for irrigation purposes. It then became part of the Columbia Basin Project, built and managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Moses Lake receives water from Crab Creek, as well as from irrigated agricultural runoff. Its water used to flow out into Crab Creek, but now flows into Potholes Reservoir, a storage reservoir created by impounding Crab Creek at O'Sullivan Dam.

Moses Lake is fairly complex in shape, with several arms, called "horns". These horns include Lewis Horn, Parker Horn, and Pelican Horn. There are several islands in Moses Lake, including Crest Island, Marsh Island, Gaileys Island, and Goat Island.

Moses Lake was named after Chief Moses in the late 19th century. The city of Moses Lake was, in turn, named after the lake.

The city of Moses Lake was first named Neppel, and not Moses Lake until 1938.

References

Moses Lake Wikipedia


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