man-made lakes
Dammed water bodies
Man-made lakes are bodies of water created by human activity rather than natural processes.
Most result from damming rivers to form reservoirs for water supply, hydroelectric power, flood control, or recreation.
Others are formed by excavation—quarries and mining pits that fill with water.
The man-made lakes along the Colorado River transformed the desert Southwest.
- concrete damHardite barrier blocking water
- Hoover DamConcrete arch-gravity structure on Colorado
- dam constructionCreating river-blocking structures
- fish stockingReleasing bred aquatic animals
- bass fishingPursuing a popular gamefish
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man-made lakesnatural lakes
Undammed water basins
glacial lakes · crater lakes · oxbow lakes · volcanic lakes · alpine lakes
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