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2,000 feet (610 m) wide. Between the pass and
Eatonville, the valley descends about 14 feet (4.3 m) to the mile (0.6 km). Beyond Eatonville the grade is about 10 feet (3.0 m) to the mile (0.6 km). The west side of the Puyallup trough stands about 550 feet (170 m) above sea level south of
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Kapowsin, the valley of Ohop Creek, through Ohop Lake to the Nisqually. The pass between the Puyallup River and Lake Kapowsin is 500 feet (150 m) wide and 340 feet (100 m) deep. At Eatonville, it is 200 feet (61 m) deep and perhaps
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developed along the south edge of the Puget Sound
Glacier. The glacier was in retreat northward after having reached its most southerly point. Drainage off the north face of
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Washington
Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 8; Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region; J. Harlen Bretz; Olympia, Wash, Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer; 1913
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Glacial lakes Lake
Puyallup & Early Lake Russell
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23:Glacial lake (former) in Pierce County, Washington
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508:Glacial Lake Sammamish
119:47.223655; -122.344414
209:595 feet (181 m)
193:17 miles (27 km)
498:Glacial Lake Russell
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201:9 miles (14 km)
559:Stillaguamish River
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136:Glacial lake
549:Cedar River
503:Lake Tacoma
452:Padilla Bay
447:Oakland Bay
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393:South Basin
379:Puget Sound
273:Lake Tacoma
265:White River
190:Max. length
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92:Coordinates
675:Categories
610:Fox Island
467:Skagit Bay
462:Port Susan
406:Hood Canal
320:References
236:References
206:Max. depth
198:Max. width
102:47°13′25″N
483:Lake Hood
289:Nisqually
131:Lake type
308:See also
77:Location
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578:Islands
522:Rivers
386:Basins
298:Orting
269:Auburn
261:Tacoma
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