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Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States.
It is located on the Colorado River about 30 mi(48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, between the states of Nevada and Arizona.
Formed by water impounded by Hoover Dam, it extends 110 mi (180 km) behind the dam, holding approximately 28.5 million acre feet (35 km³) of water.
The water held in Lake Mead is released via aqueducts to communities in southern California and Nevada.
The lake was named after Elwood Mead, who was commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1924 to 1936 during the planning and construction of the Boulder Canyon Project that created the dam and lake.
The Lake Mead National Recreation Area was established in 1964 and offers year-round recreation options.
The accumulated water from Hoover Dam forced the evacuation of several communities, most notably St. Thomas, Nevada, whose last resident left the town in 1938. The ruins of St. Thomas are sometimes visible when the water level in Lake Mead drops below normal.
www.nps.gov/carto/hfc/carto/media/LAKEmap1.pdf
Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States.
It is located on the Colorado River about 30 mi(48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, between the states of Nevada and Arizona.
Formed by water impounded by Hoover Dam, it extends 110 mi (180 km) behind the dam, holding approximately 28.5 million acre feet (35 km³) of water.
The water held in Lake Mead is released via aqueducts to communities in southern California and Nevada.
The lake was named after Elwood Mead, who was commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1924 to 1936 during the planning and construction of the Boulder Canyon Project that created the dam and lake.
The Lake Mead National Recreation Area was established in 1964 and offers year-round recreation options.
The accumulated water from Hoover Dam forced the evacuation of several communities, most notably St. Thomas, Nevada, whose last resident left the town in 1938. The ruins of St. Thomas are sometimes visible when the water level in Lake Mead drops below normal.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mead
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Coordinates: 36°17'18"N 114°24'14"W
- Lake Mead: Overton Arm 18 km
- Lake Mead: Virgin Basin 19 km
- Lake Mead: Temple Basin 20 km
- Lake Mead: Gregg Basin 28 km
- Lake Mead: Iceberg Canyon 30 km
- Lake Mead: Boulder Basin 45 km
- Lake Mohave 90 km
- Lake Havasu 182 km
- El Capitan Reservoir 432 km
- Lake Hodges 435 km
- Bighorn Island 0.3 km
- Overton Islands 1.7 km
- Echo Bay Resort & Marina - RV Park 2.7 km
- Gull Islands 2.7 km
- East Longwell Ridge 11 km
- West Longwell Ridge 13 km
- Bitter Ridge 20 km
- The Jawbone 20 km
- The Haystacks 24 km
- Temple Bay 29 km
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