Lake Tacoma

Lake Tacoma
Lake Tacoma
	Glacial lakes Lake Tacoma, Lake Nisqually, & Lake Russell
	Lake Tacoma
Location	Puyallup River; Pierce County, Washington
Coordinates	47°17′00″N 122°26′58″W / 47.283283°N 122.449330°W
Lake type	Glacial lake (former)
Primary inflows	Vashon Glacier
Primary outflows	Ohop channel
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	25 miles (40 km)
Max. width	18 miles (29 km)
Max. depth	256 feet (78 m)
Residence time	ca 200 years
Surface elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
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Lake Tacoma is the name given the freshwater lake in the basin of the Puyallup River and the Green River (Duwamish River) at the point in time that the Vashon Glacier had receded northward into Commencement Bay. Prior to this, it was referred to as the Lake Puyallup. The bluff on which this city is built is used as the landmark where Lake Puyallup ceased and it became Lake Tacoma.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 8; Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region; J. Harlen Bretz; Olympia, Wash, Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer; 1913

[Bretz1913-1] Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 8; Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region; J. Harlen Bretz; Olympia, Wash, Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer; 1913

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v t e Puget Sound
Basins	South Basin Central Basin Whidbey Basin Hood Canal Admiralty Inlet
Bays	Bellingham Bay Commencement Bay Elliott Bay Nisqually Reach Oakland Bay Padilla Bay Port Gardner Port Susan Skagit Bay
Glacial lakes	Lake Hood Lake Nisqually Lake Puyallup Glacial Lake Russell Lake Tacoma Glacial Lake Sammamish Lake Skokomish
Rivers	Deschutes River Nisqually River Puyallup River Duwamish River Cedar River Snohomish River Stillaguamish River Skagit River Skokomish River
Islands	Anderson Island Bainbridge Island Blake Island Camano Island Fidalgo Island Fox Island Guemes Island Harstine Island Herron Island Indian Island Marrowstone Island Maury Island McNeil Island Squaxin Island Vashon Island Whidbey Island

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