Sea level rise and land subsidence has caused portions of the paths next to the water to flood twice daily at high tide.

Public Buildings Commission prepared shows the basin with the name 'Twining Lake'. In the Commissioners' annual report to Congress for that year, Major Twining proposed to create the tidal reservoir and use its water to help 'flush' the Washington Channel. It later received the name of Twining Lake to honor Major William Johnson Twining of the Corps of Engineers, who served on the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia as its Engineer Commissioner during 1879. The Basin was initially named the Tidal Reservoir. Colonel Peter Conover Hains of the United States Army Corps of Engineers oversaw the Basin's design and construction. The concept of the Tidal Basin originated in the 1870s to serve both as a visual centerpiece and as a means for flushing the Washington Channel, a harbor separated from the Potomac River by landfills where East Potomac Park is now situated. The basin covers an area of about 107 acres (43 ha) and is 10 feet (3.0 m) deep. Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and the George Mason Memorial are situated adjacent to the Tidal Basin. The Jefferson Memorial, the Martin Luther King Jr. It is part of West Potomac Park near the National Mall and is a focal point of the National Cherry Blossom Festival held each spring. The Tidal Basin is a man-made reservoir located between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C.

United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

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