Potholes Reservoir

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The Potholes Reservoir is part of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project. It is formed by the O'Sullivan Dam and located in central Washington, in the United States.

The area features several lakes (typically 30-70 yards wide and 10-30 feet deep). These lakes, known as "potholes" were created through both natural and man made processes. The potholes were initially carved out during the Pleistocene by flood waters originating from Glacial Lake Missoula. [1] Subsequent damming of the area by the Columbia Basin Project raised the water table high enough to allow these topographical depressions to become lakes.

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Alt, David; Hundman, Donald W. (1995). Northwest Exposures: A Geologic History of the Northwest. Mountain Press. ISBN 0-87842-323-0. 


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