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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.
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
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota.. 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).
Map showing the Missouri River basin Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea, ... Oahe Dam: SD: Lake Oahe: 245 75 23,500,000 28.986 786
Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. ... Lake Oahe: 312,000: ... Maps of South Dakota Lakes; SD State Parks and ...
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 ...
Near the town of Cherry Creek, it is joined by Cherry Creek and flows into Missouri at Lake Oahe, approximately 32 mi (50 km) NNW of Pierre, South Dakota, with the lower 35 mi (56 km) of the river forming an arm of Lake Oahe. The Belle Fourche River is the largest tributary of the Cheyenne.