Mission Creek, Vernon Creek, Trout Creek, Penticton Creek, Equesis Creek, Kelowna Creek, Peachland Creek, Powers Creek, Whiteman Creek
Primary outflows
Okanagan River
Catchment area
6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Basin countries
Canada
Max. length
135 kilometres (84 mi)
Max. width
5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Surface area
351 square kilometres (136 sq mi)
Average depth
76 m (249 ft)
Max. depth
232 m (761 ft)
Water volume
24.6 cubic kilometres (5.9 cu mi)
Residence time
52.8 years
Shore length1
270 kilometres (170 mi)
Surface elevation
342 m (1,122 ft)
Frozen
1906/07 & 1949/50
Islands
Rattlesnake Island, Grant Island
Settlements
Vernon, Lake Country, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Peachland, Summerland, Penticton
References
[2]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Okanagan Lake winds between Kelowna (foreground) and Westbank (background).
Okanagan Lake (Okanagan: kɬúsx̌nítkw)[3] is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km (84 mi) long, between 4 and 5 km (2.5 and 3.1 mi) wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2 (135 sq. mi.).[4][5][6]
^Eyles, N., Mullins, H.T., and Hine, A.C. (1990). "Thick and fast: Sedimentation in a Pleistocene fiord lake of British Columbia, Canada". Geology. 18 (11): 1153–1157. Bibcode:1990Geo....18.1153E. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<1153:TAFSIA>2.3.CO;2.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Limnology of the Major Lakes in the Okanagan Basin. Canada - British Columbia Okanagan Basin Agreement, Final Report, Technical Supplement V. (PDF) (Report). Penticton, British Columbia: British Columbia Water Resources Service. April 1974. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-22. Okanagan Lake surface area: 348 * 106 m2. Dat compiled by the charts of the Fish and Wildlife Branch, Department of Recreation and Conservation, BC.
^Stockner J.G.; Northcote T.G. (1974). "Recent limnological studies of Okanagan Basin lakes and their contribution to comprehensive water resource planning". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 31 (5): 955–976. doi:10.1139/f74-111.
^"Okanagan Lake". World Lakes Database. International Lake Environment Committee Foundation. Archived from the original on 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
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fjord". Such lakes are sometimes called "fjord lakes". OkanaganLake was the first North American lake to be so described, in 1962. The bedrock there...
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