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Lake Oahe (/ oʊ ˈ w ɑː. h iː /) is a large reservoir behind the Oahe Dam on the Missouri River; it begins in central South Dakota and continues north into North Dakota in the United States. The lake has an area of 370,000 acres (1,500 km 2 ) and a maximum depth of 205 ft (62 m). [ 1 ]
The Oahe Dam (/ oʊ ˈ ɑː h iː /) is a large earthen dam on the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota, United States.Begun in 1948 and opened in 1962, the dam creates Lake Oahe, the fourth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States.
Below are the reservoirs (artificial lakes) in the world with a surface area exceeding 500 km 2 (190 sq mi). Reservoirs can be formed conventionally, by damming the outlet of a canyon or valley to form a lake; the largest of this type is Ghana's Lake Volta, with a water surface of 8,500 km 2 (3,300 sq mi).
Lake Oahe - Location: North Dakota, South Dakota - Area: 685 square miles. Featuring more than 2,250 miles of shoreline, the filling of Lake Oahe started in 1958 and President John F. Kennedy ...
Map showing the Missouri River basin Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea, ... Lake Oahe: 245 75 23,500,000 28.986 786 Big Bend Dam: SD: Lake Sharpe: 95 29 1,910,000
Nov. 12—GETTYSBURG — Less than three weeks after a North Dakota angler reeled in a state record-size walleye on Lake Oahe, a South Dakota fisherman appears to have broken the record with a 17 ...
Members of the Local Environmental Action Demanded (LEAD) Agency, an area advocacy group, worry that raising the water level will make flooding worse at the lake's upstream rivers.
For example, a small dam, two hydroelectric plants, and locks on the outlet of Lake Superior make it possible to artificially control the lake level. Certainly, the great majority of the lake is natural. However, the control of water that can be held in reserve means a portion of the vast lake functions as a reservoir.