man-made lake

A man-made lake is an artificial body of standing water created by human intervention, typically through damming rivers or excavating land, for purposes such as water supply, recreation, irrigation, or hydroelectric power.

Aliases (11)

• reservoir ×85
• artificial lake ×56
• ornamental lake ×5
• water supply reservoir ×5
• hydroelectric reservoir ×3
• recreational lake ×3
• artificial lake system ×1
• industrial lake ×1
• man-made lagoon ×1
• model boating lake ×1
• water storage lake ×1

Instances (181)

• Lake Carnegie ("reservoir")
• Hollywood Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Croton Falls Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Clay Pit Pond
• East Branch Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Middle Branch Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Titicus Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Great Lake ("ornamental lake")
• Bog Brook Reservoir ("reservoir")
• New Croton Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Catskill Mountains ("reservoir")
• Lake Burley Griffin ("artificial lake")
• Cross River Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Amawalk Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Muscoot Reservoir ("reservoir")
• San Andreas Lake ("reservoir")
• Lake Texoma ("reservoir")
• White Rock Lake ("reservoir")
• Melton Hill Lake ("reservoir")
• The Pond
• Echo Lake, Hopkinton, Massachusetts ("reservoir")
• Dovestones Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Rawal Lake ("artificial lake")
• Fresh Pond ("reservoir")
• Kensico Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Harlem Meer
• Caples Lake ("reservoir")
• Lake Mead ("reservoir")
• The Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Diverting Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Gatun Lake ("artificial lake")
• The Lake ("artificial lake")
• Great Sacandaga Lake ("reservoir")
• Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) ("artificial lake")
• Simly Lake ("reservoir")
• Chew Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Lake Nasser ("reservoir")
• Spreckels Lake ("artificial lake")
• Alster ("artificial lake")
• Crescent Lake ("man-made lagoon")
• Ivankovo Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Chapultepec Lake ("artificial lake")
• Lake at Front Park
• Rybinsk Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Gorky Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Greenfield ("reservoir")
• Lake Seminole ("reservoir")
• Gariep Dam ("reservoir")
• Saratov Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Volgograd Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Minster Pool ("ornamental lake")
• Jerome Park Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Lake Jacomo ("reservoir")
• Marathon ("reservoir")
• Stow Lake ("artificial lake")
• Tawa River ("reservoir")
• Ashokan Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Bass Lake ("reservoir")
• Schoharie Reservoir ("reservoir")
• San Luis Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Kabini Dam ("reservoir")
• Lake Mohave ("reservoir")
• Longview Lake ("reservoir")
• Lake Ray Hubbard ("reservoir")
• Seven Seas Lagoon ("artificial lake")
• Rondout Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake ("reservoir")
• Lake Oroville ("reservoir")
• Hussain Sagar ("artificial lake")
• Cahora Bassa Dam ("reservoir")
• Osman Sagar ("artificial lake")
• Crystal Springs Reservoir ("artificial lake system")
• Himayat Sagar ("artificial lake")
• Lake Talquin ("reservoir")
• Lake Eucumbene ("reservoir")
• Tantangara Reservoir ("reservoir")
• MacArthur Park Lake ("artificial lake")
• Queen Pool ("ornamental lake")
• Lewisville Lake ("reservoir")
• Nanhai Lake ("ornamental lake")
• Echo Park Lake ("reservoir")
• Ray Roberts Lake ("reservoir")
• Lake Mutirikwi ("reservoir")
• Kunming Lake ("artificial lake")
• Pirogovskoye Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Lake Purdy, Alabama ("reservoir")
• B. Everett Jordan Lake ("reservoir")
• Lake Calumet ("industrial lake")
• Lady Bird Lake ("reservoir")
• West Branch Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Lake Red Rock ("reservoir")
• Klyazminskoye Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Istrinskoye Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Cedar Lake ("recreational lake")
• Lac du Salagou ("artificial lake")
• Lac de Saint-Ferréol ("artificial lake")
• Schluchsee ("reservoir")
• Mozhaysk Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Lac de Montbel ("artificial lake")
• Red Rock Dam ("reservoir")
• Lac de Pareloup ("artificial lake")
• Kankaria Lake ("artificial lake")
• Upper Lake ("ornamental lake")
• Boyds Corner Reservoir ("reservoir")
• Lac de la Ganguise ("artificial lake")
• Falls Lake, North Carolina ("reservoir")
• Kentucky Lake ("reservoir")