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Blue Ridge Lake is a reservoir in Fannin County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The reservoir encompasses 3,300-acre (1,300 ha) of water, and a "full summer pool" of approximately 1,686 feet (514 m) above mean sea level. It is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and is primarily fed by the Toccoa River.
In an average year the water level varies 10 feet (3.0 m) from winter to summer to provide seasonal flood storage. [4] Lake Chatuge is the highest major lake in the state of Georgia. [ 5 ] It takes up 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) and is 13 miles (21 km) long.
The lake extends 39.4 miles (63.4 km) up the Savannah River, 29 miles (47 km) up the Little River in Georgia, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) up the Broad River in Georgia, and 17 miles (27 km) up the Little River in South Carolina, at normal pool elevation of 330 mean sea level, Thurmond Lake comprises nearly 71,100 acres (287 km 2) of water with a ...
Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River .
Filling of the lake began in October 1983, and was completed in December 1984 for a full pool elevation of 475 feet (145 m). Lake levels do not change much because the lake is designed to operate within 5 feet (1.5 m) of full pool compared to Hartwell and Thurmond, whose 35 feet (11 m) and 18 feet (5.5 m) of conservation storage respectively ...
Lake Burton is a 2,775 acres (11.23 km 2) reservoir with 62 miles (100 km) of shoreline located in the northeastern corner of Georgia in Rabun County. [2] The lake is owned and administered by the Georgia Power/Southern Company, but it is a public lake.
All reservoirs in Georgia should be included in this category. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state) See also category Lakes of Georgia (U.S. state)
Lake Allatoona (officially called Allatoona Lake) is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Etowah River in northwestern part of the State of Georgia. This reservoir is mostly in southeastern Bartow County and southwestern Cherokee County .