Reservoir
Lake Mead
The largest reservoir in the United States by capacity, impounded by the Hoover Dam. Its decline to record low levels in 2022 became the defining image of the Colorado River shortage.
Key facts
- Capacity
- approximately 32,200 million m³
- Dam
- Hoover Dam, completed 1936
- Record low elevation
- reached in July 2022
- Population dependent
- around 25 million
Relationships
- Located in: United States
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Sources
- World Wildlife Fund / McGill University — HydroSHEDS / HydroRIVERS / HydroLAKES / HydroBASINS. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- 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