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Dillon Reservoir, sometimes referred to as Lake Dillon, is a large fresh water reservoir located in Summit County, Colorado, United States, south of I-70 and bordered by the towns of Frisco, Silverthorne, and Dillon. It is a reservoir for the city of Denver, and its waters are under the control of Denver Water.
[1] Black Hand Sandstone in Dillon State Park has resulted in the park having a wide variety of natural features, including wooded hills and scenic valleys. [2] One of the attractions in Dillon State Park is Dillon Lake, which covers 1,560 acres and offers a wide range of activities, including boating and fishing. [1]
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America.. This is a list of the largest reservoirs in the state of Colorado.All thirty-nine reservoirs that contain greater than 40,000 acre-feet (49 million cubic meters) are included in the list.
Dillon Lake is a reservoir in Muskingum County, Ohio in the United States. [1] It was completed in 1961, covers 1,736 acres of water and was constructed primarily for flood control purposes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The lake was named after Moses Dillon, who purchased the land in 1803/1804 [ 4 ]
Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Intel announced Thursday a $1 million Dillon Wetland Restoration project on 92 acres.
Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations. [9] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 41.8 meters (137.14 feet) [9] The Caspian Sea ranks much further down the list on mean depth, as it has a large continental shelf (significantly larger than the oceanic basin that contains its greatest depths).
North of Dillon, the river flows north-northwest along the eastern slope of the Gore Range and joins the Colorado River at Kremmling. [ 7 ] The Green Mountain Dam , 13 miles (21 km) upstream from Kremmling, forms the Green Mountain Reservoir , providing hydroelectric power and diversionary water for irrigation , as part of the Colorado-Big ...
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).