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 Bumping Lake
Location in Washington (state)
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| Location | Yakima County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 46°51′05″N 121°19′09″W / 46.8513°N 121.3193°W |
| Type | reservoir, natural |
| Primary inflows | Bumping River |
| Primary outflows | Bumping River |
| Catchment area | 68 sq mi (180 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 3 mi (4.8 km) |
| Max. width | 0.5 mi (0.80 km) |
| Water volume | 0.01 cu mi (0.042 km3) |
| Surface elevation | 3,426 ft (1,044 m) |
Bumping Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of the Bumping River, in Yakima County, Washington state, USA.
The lake is used as a storage reservoir for the Yakima Project, an irrigation project run by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Although a natural lake, Bumping Lake's capacity and discharge is controlled by Bumping Lake Dam, a 60-foot (18 m) high earthfill structure built in 1910 and modified in the 1990s. As a storage reservoir, Bumping Lake's active capacity is 33,700 acre-feet (41,600,000 m3).
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