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in Category:Lakes of Nevada by county. It should hold all the pages in the county-level categories, and may hold other pages such as lists.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Lakes of Nevada. It includes Lakes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Most lakes in the state today were constructed, mostly through dam construction. [20] Conowingo Reservoir; Deep Creek Lake (largest lake in Maryland) Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake) Liberty Reservoir; Loch Raven Reservoir; Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake (at 50 acres, the largest natural freshwater lake in the state.) [21] [22] Prettyboy Reservoir
The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Nevada. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "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 ).
All reservoirs in Nevada should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Nevada; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Nevada; See also category Lakes of Nevada
Name Location Volume Maximum Depth notes 1: Lake Superior: Michigan - Minnesota - Ontario - Wisconsin: 9,799,680,000 acre⋅ft (12,088 km 3) 1,332 ft (406 m) Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume
This list of Nevada state parks comprises protected areas managed by the U.S. state of Nevada, ... Lake Tahoe – Nevada State Park: Carson City, Washoe County ...