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Kamloops Lake in British Columbia, Canada is situated on the Thompson River just west of Kamloops. The lake is 1.6 km wide, 29 km long, and up to 152 m deep. In prehistoric time, the lake was much longer, perhaps 20x, with adjacent silt cliffs defining ancient lake bottoms 100 meters higher than present water levels. At the outlet near Savona, a large tumbled rock, gravel moraine indicates the toe of a glacier once melted away here. The community of Savona is located at the west end of the lake, near the Thompson River outlet. The city of Kamloops is located a few miles east of the head of the lake, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers. The name, Kamloops, derives from a local Indigenous word, Tk’emlúps, meaning a meeting of waters.

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  • Kamloops Lake (de)
  • Lac Kamloops (fr)
  • Kamloops Lake (en)
  • Lago Kamloops (pt)
  • Камлупс (озеро) (ru)
  • Kamloops Lake (sv)
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  • Der Kamloops Lake ist ein See in der kanadischen Provinz British Columbia, westlich der Rocky Mountains. Er liegt am Thompson River gleich westlich der Stadt Kamloops. Der See ist 1,6 Kilometer breit, 29 Kilometer lang und bis zu 152 Meter tief. Am westlichen Ende des Sees liegt . (de)
  • Le lac Kamloops (en anglais Kamloops Lake) est un lac situé à l'ouest de la ville de Kamloops dans la province de Colombie-Britannique au Canada. Il s'agit d'un élargissement local de la rivière Thompson, le plus grand affluent du fleuve Fraser. (fr)
  • Камлупс (англ. Kamloops Lake) — озеро в провинции Британская Колумбия в Канаде. (ru)
  • O Lago Kamloops é um lago localizado na Colúmbia Britânica, Canadá. Situa-se no a oeste da cidade de Kamloops. (pt)
  • Kamloops Lake in British Columbia, Canada is situated on the Thompson River just west of Kamloops. The lake is 1.6 km wide, 29 km long, and up to 152 m deep. In prehistoric time, the lake was much longer, perhaps 20x, with adjacent silt cliffs defining ancient lake bottoms 100 meters higher than present water levels. At the outlet near Savona, a large tumbled rock, gravel moraine indicates the toe of a glacier once melted away here. The community of Savona is located at the west end of the lake, near the Thompson River outlet. The city of Kamloops is located a few miles east of the head of the lake, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers. The name, Kamloops, derives from a local Indigenous word, Tk’emlúps, meaning a meeting of waters. (en)
  • Kamloops Lake är en sjö i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den södra delen av landet, 3 300 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Kamloops Lake ligger 494 meter över havet. Den högsta punkten i närheten är , 1 519 meter över havet, 5,4 km söder om Kamloops Lake. (sv)
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  • Kamloops Lake (en)
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  • Der Kamloops Lake ist ein See in der kanadischen Provinz British Columbia, westlich der Rocky Mountains. Er liegt am Thompson River gleich westlich der Stadt Kamloops. Der See ist 1,6 Kilometer breit, 29 Kilometer lang und bis zu 152 Meter tief. Am westlichen Ende des Sees liegt . (de)
  • Kamloops Lake in British Columbia, Canada is situated on the Thompson River just west of Kamloops. The lake is 1.6 km wide, 29 km long, and up to 152 m deep. In prehistoric time, the lake was much longer, perhaps 20x, with adjacent silt cliffs defining ancient lake bottoms 100 meters higher than present water levels. At the outlet near Savona, a large tumbled rock, gravel moraine indicates the toe of a glacier once melted away here. The community of Savona is located at the west end of the lake, near the Thompson River outlet. The city of Kamloops is located a few miles east of the head of the lake, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers. The name, Kamloops, derives from a local Indigenous word, Tk’emlúps, meaning a meeting of waters. The lake is bounded on all sides by steep hillsides, with level areas found only near creek deltas and around the inlet. On these hills, fresh, green grass feeds herds of Mule Deer and Rocky Mountain Sheep in the Spring. The Canadian National Railroad runs along the North shore, and the Canadian Pacific Railroad along the South shore. The surrounding land is mostly dedicated to Beef cattle ranching. It is classified as dry belt interior grasslands, Semi-arid desert, as it is in the rain shadow of the Coast Mountain Range, averaging only 10 inches of total precipitation a year. Vegetation is mostly bunchgrass and sagebrush, with pockets of Douglas fir, Ponderosa pine and spruce. Kamloops Lake is a widening and deepening of the Thompson River, which enters at the east end and exits at the west end. The limnology of the lake is controlled by the Thompson River, which has high fluctuations in annual flow, with over 60% occurring in the early summer during freshet (May to July). Lake levels rise naturally, as much as 30 feet (9.1 m), on average, from winter lows till late June. Infrequent flood years have brought it up another 5 to 10 feet (2 - 4 m). Consequently, rare sandy beach areas expand by as much as 200 feet (61 m) in the summer as lake levels recede in July and August. Bulk residence times (the time it takes for the water in the lake to be replaced with new water), are very short, ranging from 20 days to 340 days, with a mean of 60 days. Because Kamloops Lake is fed by both the North and South Thompson rivers (the South Thompson drains from the very warm Shuswap Lakes, 230 meters deep), Kamloops Lake is relatively warm. It rarely freezes over in Winter. Since the late twentieth century, it has become an increasingly popular boating and recreational area. On the north side of the lake is Fredrick, and on the south side of the lake is Savona, and rural residential areas such as Cherry Creek and the Tobiano resort community. At the East end of the lake are the remains of Tranquille, a Tuberculosis Sanitorium, built in 1907 & finally closed in 1983; limited day use only access to the lakeshore exists here. A boat launch, trestle and gas dock have been built at Tobiano; it is the only location on Kamloops Lake with these facilities. Steelhead Provincial Park is a campsite in Savona, on the far western shore of the lake. Both Savona and Kamloops also have boat launches, but their use is dependant on water levels. (en)
  • Le lac Kamloops (en anglais Kamloops Lake) est un lac situé à l'ouest de la ville de Kamloops dans la province de Colombie-Britannique au Canada. Il s'agit d'un élargissement local de la rivière Thompson, le plus grand affluent du fleuve Fraser. (fr)
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