Malheur Reservoir

Malheur Reservoir is an irrigation lake along Willow Creek in in the U.S. state of . Built by the Orchard Irrigation District in the 1930s, the 1,282-acre lake can hold about 49,000 acre-feet, the reservoir receives very high concentrations of nutrients and is naturally eutrophic.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: body of water
  • Also known as: Willow Creek Reservoir” and “Willow Creek Reservoir Number Three

Malheur Reservoir

Latitude
44.36408° or 44° 21′ 51″ north
Longitude
-117.69463° or 117° 41′ 41″ west
Elevation
3,369 feet (1,027 metres)
Open location code
85P49874+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 729000386
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
5738853
Wiki­data ID
Q6743251
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