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Dams on tributaries are listed if they are taller than 250 ft (76 m), store more than 50,000 acre⋅ft (62,000 dam 3), or are otherwise historically notable. Tributary dams are organized into two lists; those in the Upper Basin, defined as the half of the Colorado River basin above Lee's Ferry, Arizona, and the Lower Basin.
Mansfield Dam (formerly Marshall Ford Dam) is a dam located across a canyon at Marshall Ford on the Colorado River, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Austin, Texas. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred on February 19, 1937, with United States Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes attending.
The tallest is Oroville Dam in northern California, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968. Five of the ten tallest dams in the U.S. are located in California. The Colorado, Columbia and Sacramento–San Joaquin river systems contain the greatest number of tall dams. In the eastern U.S., tall dams are less common because of the ...
The Grand Valley Diversion Dam is a diversion dam in the De Beque Canyon of the Colorado River, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Grand Junction, Colorado in the United States. It is a 14-foot (4.3 m) high, 546-foot (166 m) long concrete roller dam with six gates, which were the first and largest of their kind to be installed in the United ...
Articles pertaining to dams in operation, under construction or planning on the Colorado River in the southwestern United States. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Seven Western states are starting to plot a future for how much water they’ll draw from the dwindling Colorado River in a warmer, drier world. They just can’t agree.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Dam in Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona, US For other uses, see Hoover Dam (disambiguation). "Boulder Dam" redirects here. For other uses, see Boulder Dam (disambiguation). Dam in Arizona, U.S. Hoover Dam Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams, 1941 Official name Hoover Dam Location ...
Inga 1 and 2 now work at around 80% of their capacity and DR Congo has drawn up plans to supercharge this output, by adding six more dams along the river. These extra dams are forecast to generate ...