Lakes

Lakes

A database referring to large standing bodies of fresh water in a basin. A lake is apart from rivers or streams that serve to fill or drain the lake.

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Shadow Mountain Lake is a reservoir in Grand County, Colorado, near the headwaters of the Colorado River. Shadow Mountain Lake is created by Shadow Mountain Dam. The lake forms a continuous body of ...

Sugar Loaf Dam

Water bodies; Lakes

Sugar Loaf Dam is a dam in Lake County of mid-Colorado, four miles west of Leadville.It has a height of 135 feet and is over 2000 feet long at its crest, impounding the Lake Fork of the Arkansas ...

Saville Dam

Water bodies; Lakes

Saville Dam is an earthen embankment dam with masonry work on the eastern branch of the Farmington River 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. The dam is 135 ft. (41 m) tall ...

Candlewood Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Candlewood Lake, 8.4 sq mi (21.8 km²), is located in Fairfield and Litchfield counties of western Connecticut, in the northeastern United States. It is the largest lake in Connecticut. The lake is ...

Saugatuck Reservoir

Water bodies; Lakes

The Saugatuck Reservoir is a reservoir in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA, that straddles the border between the towns of Redding and Weston. It is created by the Samuel P. Senior dam of the ...

Squantz Pond State Park

Water bodies; Lakes

Squantz Pond State Park is a state park located 10 miles (16 km) north of Danbury in the town of New Fairfield, Connecticut. The park offers opportunities for swimming, fishing, hiking and boating.

Hoopes Reservoir

Water bodies; Lakes

Hoopes Reservoir is a reservoir in New Castle County, Delaware.The reservoir first impounded the water of Old Mill Stream and Red Clay Creek in 1932, with a dam built by the city of Wilmington, ...