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Water levels at Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, have hit their lowest levels in history, as the western U.S. remains in the grips of a megadrought.
A reprieve from the steady annual decline occurred in 2017, when lake levels rose throughout the year due to heavier than normal snowfall in the Rocky Mountains. [32] As a result of the large snowmelt, the lake regained the water levels it had in 2015 with a seasonal high of 1,089.77 feet (332.16 m).
The water level of the reservoir reached another historic low, dropping to 1,043.82 feet, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reported. Lake Mead, largest US reservoir, gets closer to ‘dead pool ...
The water level at Lake Mead has dropped more than 150 feet in about the last 20 years. By January, it’s expected to drop even more. The drought crisis concern is now top of mind for Vice ...
The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration. Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates.
Formation of Lake Mead began in 1935, less than a year before Hoover Dam was completed. [4] The area surrounding Lake Mead was protected as a bird refuge in 1933 [ 5 ] and later established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936 [ 6 ] and the name was changed to Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 1947. [ 7 ]
Lake Mead's water levels this week dropped to historic lows, bringing the nation's largest reservoir less than 150 feet away from "dead pool" — when the
Lake Mead, formed by the 726-foot (221 m)-high Hoover Dam about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest reservoir in the United States with a full capacity of 28,945,000 acre-feet (35.703 km 3) and a water surface of nearly 250 square miles (650 km 2). However, the lake has not been full for many years due to a ...