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This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage volume (conservation pool).
Watersheds of North America. A map of watersheds separated by the principal hydrological divides of North America. Watersheds of North America are large drainage basins which drain to separate oceans, seas, gulfs, or endorheic basins. There are six generally recognized hydrological continental divides which divide the continent into seven ...
The Mississippi drainage basin includes the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers, the two longest main-stem rivers in the United States, as well as 18 more of the rivers on this list. The Mississippi main stem is highlighted in dark blue. The longest rivers of the United States include 38 that have main stems of at least 500 miles (800 km) long.
Length. 6,000 mi (9,700 km) The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. It is made up of both natural and man-made waterways, including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal, and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. [1 ...
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. Water supply infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places (3 C, 88 P) Water supply infrastructure in the United States by state (22 C)
The inland and intracoastal waterways of the eastern United States. The inland waterways of the United States include more than 25,000 mi (40,000 km) of navigable waters. Much of the commercially important waterways of the United States consist of the Mississippi River System —the Mississippi River and connecting waterways.
The Colorado River Storage Project is a United States Bureau of Reclamation project designed to oversee the development of the upper basin of the Colorado River. The project provides hydroelectric power , flood control and water storage for participating states along the upper portion of the Colorado River and its major tributaries.
The Bath County Pumped Storage Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant, which is described as the "largest battery in the world", [3] with a maximum generation capacity of 3,003 MW, [4] an average of 2,772 MW, [3] and a total storage capacity of 24,000 MWh. [3] The station is located in the northern corner of Bath County, Virginia ...