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Tazlina Lake is a body of water, 21 miles (34 km) long, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is at the head of the Tazlina River, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the 1952 terminus of Tazlina Glacier and 62 miles (100 km) north of Valdez, in the Copper River basin. [1] It is a remnant of ancient Lake Atna. [2]
The Flood Control Act of 1938 authorized the construction of Kanopolis Dam and Lake, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work in June 1940. [6] The outbreak of World War II, however, led to a suspension of the effort in 1942, delaying the project for 3 1/2 years. [7]
The Tazlina River is a 30-mile (48 km) tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Draining Tazlina Lake, it flows generally east to meet the larger river 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Glennallen. [1]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday will enact its drought protocol. That means less water will be released to the Kansas River.
Kirwin Reservoir is a reservoir in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. [4] It is located next to the city of Kirwin in northern Kansas. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built it and continues to operate it for the purposes of flood control and area irrigation. The Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge lies on its shores. [5]
Lake Superior is part of the Midcontinent Rift System, a 1,800 mile scar that formed more than 1 billion years ago where North America started to tear apart.The rift stretches from Kansas up to ...
Tazlina / t æ z ˈ l iː n ə / (Tezdlen Na’ [2] in Ahtna Athabascan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 244, down from 297 in 2010 .
Keith Sebelius Lake, formerly known as Norton Reservoir, is a man-made reservoir on Prairie Dog Creek in northwest Kansas. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation , it is used for flood control, irrigation, recreation, and local water supply. [ 6 ]