Dam
Hoover Dam
The dam that created Lake Mead and made large-scale settlement and irrigation of the American south west possible.
Key facts
- Height
- 221 m
- Completed
- 1936
- Reservoir
- Lake Mead
- Generating capacity
- approximately 2,080 MW
Relationships
- Located in: United States
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Sources
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted
- OpenStreetMap Foundation — OpenStreetMap. Open — attribution required · Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0