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Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, United States. It is a major vacation destination visited by approximately two million people every year. It holds 24,322,000 acre-feet of water when full, second in the United States to only Lake Mead - though Lake Mead has fallen below Lake Powell in size several times during the 21st ce…
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, United States. It is a major vacation destination visited by approximately two million people every year. It holds 24,322,000 acre-feet of water when full, second in the United States to only Lake Mead - though Lake Mead has fallen below Lake Powell in size several times during the 21st century in terms of volume of water, depth and surface area.
  • Location: Utah and Arizona, United States
  • Built: September 13, 1963
  • Coordinates: (Glen Canyon Dam)
  • Primary inflows: Colorado River · Escalante River · San Juan River · Green River (Colorado River tributary)
  • Primary outflows: Colorado River
  • Catchment area: 280,586 km² (108,335 sq mi)
  • Basin countries: United States
Data from: en.wikipedia.org