Banks Lake

Banks Lake is a 27-mile-long in central in the . Part of the Columbia Basin Project, Banks Lake occupies the northern portion of the , a formerly dry coulee near the , formed by the Missoula Floods during the Pleistocene epoch. , built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation on the Columbia River created Franklin D.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir in Washington, United States
  • Also known as: Equalizing Reservoir” and “Grand Coulee Equalizing Reservoir

Banks Lake

Latitude
47.80584° or 47° 48′ 21″ north
Longitude
-119.19191° or 119° 11′ 31″ west
Elevation
1,575 feet (480 metres)
Open location code
85V2RR45+86
Geo­Names ID
5786316
Wiki­data ID
Q3214732
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Banks Lake” goes by many names.
  • French: lac Banks
  • French: Lac Banks
  • German: Banks Lake
  • Italian: lago Banks
  • Japanese: バンクス湖
  • Russian: Банкс
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