page_title: Grand Teton National Park
section_title: Lakes and rivers
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Teton National Park / Geography / Lakes and rivers
caption_attribution_description: English: Oxbow Bend outlook in the Grand Teton National Park. View over the Snake River to the Mount Moran with the Skillet Glacier (12,605&#160;ft/3,842&#160;m), Bivouac Peak (10,825&#160;ft/3,299&#160;m) and Eagles Rest Peak (11,258&#160;ft/3,431&#160;m) in the Teton Range, Wyoming, United States. Deutsch: Der Aussichtspunkt Oxbow Bend im Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA mit dem Blick über den Snake River zu den Gipfeln des Mount Moran (3.842&#160;m mit dem Skillet Glacier), des Bivouac Peak (3.299&#160;m) und des Eagles Rest Peak (3.431&#160;m) in dem Teton Range Gebirge. Français&#160;: Vue Oxbow Bend dans le Parc national de Grand Teton, Wyoming, États-Unis. Vue sur la rivière Snake, le Mont Moran avec le Skillet Glacier, (3&#160;842&#160;m), Bivouac Peak (3&#160;299&#160;m) et Eagles Rest Peak (3&#160;431&#160;m) dans le Teton Range. Italiano: Un meandro del fiume Snake all'interno del Parco nazionale di Grand Teton, nello stato del Wyoming. Domina lo sfondo il Teton Range - con il Monte Moran (3&#160;842&#160;m) sulla sinistra - una catena delle Montagne Rocciose di formazione piuttosto recente (6-9 Ma) per una regione che conserva alcuni tra i depositi geologici più antichi del pianeta, come alcuni scisti e gneiss risalenti al Precambriano. Nella foto si distinguono anche il ghiacciaio Skillet (3&#160;842&#160;m) sul Monte Moran, e le cime del Bivouac Peak (3&#160;299,5&#160;m) and Eagles Rest Peak (3&#160;431&#160;m).
context_page_description: Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres, the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. Grand Teton National Park is only 10 miles south of Yellowstone National Park, to which it is connected by the National Park Service-managed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Along with surrounding national forests, these three protected areas constitute the almost 18,000,000-acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the world's largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems.
  The human history of the Grand Teton region dates back at least 11,000 years, when the first nomadic hunter-gatherer Paleo-Indians began migrating into the region during warmer months pursuing food and supplies. In the early 19th century, the first white explorers encountered the eastern Shoshone natives. Between 1810 and 1840, the region attracted fur trading companies that vied for control of the lucrative beaver pelt trade. U.S.
context_section_description: Most of the lakes in the park were formed by glaciers and the largest of these lakes are located at the base of the Teton Range. In the northern section of the park lies Jackson Lake, the largest lake in the park at 15 mi (24 km) in length, 5 mi (8.0 km) wide and 438 ft (134 m) deep. Though Jackson Lake is natural, the Jackson Lake Dam was constructed at its outlet before the creation of the park and the lake level was raised almost 40 ft (12 m) consequently. East of the Jackson Lake Lodge lies Emma Matilda and Two Ocean Lakes. South of Jackson Lake, Leigh, Jenny, Bradley, Taggart and Phelps Lakes rest at the outlets of the canyons which lead into the Teton Range. Within the Teton Range, small alpine lakes in cirques are common, and there are more than 100 scattered throughout the high country. Lake Solitude, located at an elevation of 9,035 ft (2,754 m), is in a cirque at the head of the North Fork of Cascade Canyon. Other high altitude lakes can be found at over 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in elevation and a few, such as Icefloe Lake, remain ice clogged for much of the year. The park is not noted for large waterfalls; however, 100-foot-high (30 m) Hidden Falls just west of Jenny Lake is easy to reach after a short hike.
  From its headwaters on Two Ocean Plateau in Yellowstone National Park, the Snake River flows north to south through the park, entering Jackson Lake near the boundary of Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. The Snake River then flows through the spillways of the Jackson Lake Dam and from there southward through Jackson Hole, exiting the park just west of the Jackson Hole Airport. The largest lakes in the park all drain either directly or by tributary streams into the Snake River. Major tributaries which flow into the Snake River include Pacific Creek and Buffalo Fork near Moran and the Gros Ventre River at the southern border of the park. Through the comparatively level Jackson Hole valley, the Snake River descends an average of 19 feet per mile (3.6 m/km), while other streams descending from the mountains to the east and west have higher gradients due to increased slope. The Snake River creates braids and channels in sections where the gradients are lower and in steeper sections, erodes and undercuts the cobblestone terraces once deposited by glaciers.
caption: Oxbow Bend on the Snake River
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