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  Lake Sammamish

Morohometry

Elevation = ~0.012 km (40 ft MSL)

Ao = 1982 ha (4897 acres)

Zmax = 32 m (105 feet)

Zmean = 17.7 m (58 feet)

V = ~3500 x 106 m3

Shoreline = 34 km (21.1mi)
Littoral Area = ____%

Hydraulic Retention Time = 1.8 yrs

Watershed

year data

____ % Urban

____ % Wetland/Water

____ % Forest

____ % Cultivated

____ % Pasture/Open

 

Water quailty

Summer Epilimnion
month - month
(year means, ±sd, range)

Secchi = ____ m ± 1.2

chlorophyll a =
____µg/L ± 3.7

total phosphorus =
____µg/L ±10

NO3-N = no data
NH4-N = no data

total nitrogen-N =
____± ____µg/L

alkalinity = no data

pH = ~ ____

EC = ~____µS/cm

chloride = ____ mg/L ± ____

Shoreline cabins

____permanent
____ seasonal

Misc

Stratified in summer

Fishery

 

 

Trophic status (Carlson TSI)
mesotrophic

total phosphorus TSI = ____
chlorophyll TSI = ____
secchi TSI = ____

mean TSI = ____

 

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date last updated: Tuesday March 09 2004