Lake Mead

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body of water man-made lake reservoir

Lake Mead is a large man-made reservoir on the Colorado River in the southwestern United States, known for supplying water and hydroelectric power to millions of people in the region.

Aliases (1)

Black Canyon Reservoir (Hoover Dam reservoir section) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water → man-made lake → reservoir →
basinCountry	United States →
borderedBy	Mojave Desert → Sonoran Desert →
country	United States →
created	1930s →
formedByDam	Hoover Dam →
hasIsland	Boulder Islands → Pyramid Island → Sentinel Island →
hasIssue	declining water levels → drought impacts → water scarcity →
inflow	Colorado River →
locatedIn	Southwestern United States →
locatedInState	Arizona → Nevada →
locatedOnRiver	Colorado River →
managedBy	United States Bureau of Reclamation →
maximumCapacity	about 26 million acre-feet → about 32.2 cubic kilometers →
maximumDepth	about 162 meters → about 532 feet →
namedAfter	Elwood Mead →
nearCity	Boulder City, Nevada → Henderson, Nevada → Las Vegas →
opened	1936 →
outflow	Colorado River →
partOf	Lake Mead National Recreation Area → Lower Colorado River Basin →
recreationActivity	boating → camping → fishing → swimming →
surfaceArea	about 247 square miles → about 640 square kilometers →
usedFor	flood control → hydroelectric power generation → irrigation → municipal water supply → recreation →
waterSupplyFor	Arizona → California → Las Vegas Valley → Mexico → Nevada →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Canyon ("Black Canyon Reservoir (Hoover Dam reservoir section)") → Mohave County, Arizona →	contains
Boulder City, Nevada → Las Vegas Valley →	locatedNear
Lake Mead National Recreation Area →	containsBodyOfWater
Clark County →	hasMajorAttraction
Henderson →	hasNearbyAttraction
Lake Mead National Recreation Area →	hasPart
Colorado River →	hasReservoir
Bureau of Reclamation →	hasReservoirs
Eldorado Mountains →	hasViewOf
Lake Mohave →	isDownstreamOf
Eldorado Mountains →	near
Muddy Mountains →	proximityTo
Hoover Dam →	reservoir