Kachess Lake

General data

Name: Kachess Lake
Water system: Columbia River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Kachess River -> Lake Easton -> Yakima River -> Lake Wallula -> Columbia River -> Columbia River Estuary -> Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Mountain
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Kachess Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of the Kachess River in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

The upper part of the lake, north of a narrows, is called Little Kachess Lake.

The Kachess River flows into the lake from the north, and out from the south.

Kachess Lake is the middle of the three large lakes which straddle Interstate 90 north of the Yakima River in the Cascade Range.

The other two are Cle Elum Lake, the easternmost which is also north of I-90 and Keechelus Lake, the westernmost, which is south of I-90.

Kachess Lake is part of the Columbia River basin, the Kachess River being a tributary of the Yakima River, which is a tributary to the Columbia River.

Kachess Lake

General data

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