List of reservoirs and dams of Alaska

List of reservoirs and dams of Alaska

Alaska has about 67 named artificial reservoirs,Cref|C [cite web
title=Reservoirs in Alaska
publisher=U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of Interior
url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:2:::NO::P1_CLASS,P1_STATE:Reservoir,Alaska
format=HTML] approximately 167 named dams,Cref|C [cite web
title=Dams in Alaska
publisher=U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of Interior
url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:2:::NO::P1_CLASS,P1_STATE:Dam,Alaska
format=HTML] and about 3,197 officially-named natural lakes,Cref|C [cite web
title=Lakes in Alaska
publisher=U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of Interior
url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:2:::NO::P1_CLASS,P1_STATE:Lake,Alaska
format=HTML] Cref|B out of over 3,000,000 unnamed natural lakes. [cite web
title=Alaska Hydrologic Survey | publisher=Alaska Department of Natural Resources
url=http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/water/hydro/
format=HTML] For named natural lakes, please see: List of lakes of Alaska. The following is an incomplete list of named artificial reservoirs and named dams in the US state of Alaska.

Notes

Cnote|A|Note: Where a "USGS GNIS Feature ID #" is included:
*"Official" USGS GNIS dam, lake or reservior name,
*Feature Class: Dam, Lake or Reservoir,
*Geographic coordinates,
*approximate Elevation, and
*Borough or Census Areacame from the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System database.

Cnote|B|Additional United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System [Cite web
title=USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) query
publisher=U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
url=http://GeoNames.USGS.Gov/pls/gnispublic/
format=HTML] references are included: Click on a particular Lake's "GNIS Feature ID #" in the included table's column above.

Cnote|D|Mat-Su Drainage basin maps available. [Cite web
title=Matanuska-Susitna Lakes' Drainage Basins
publisher=Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
url=http://agdc.usgs.gov/data/usgs/water/mat-su.html
format=HTML]

References

General References

*Cite web
title=Alaska Water Index - Statewide Lakes
publisher=Water Resources, Alaska Science Center, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
url=http://ak.water.usgs.gov/Data/water_index/lakes.pdf
format=PDF
*Cite web
title=Alaska Department of Natural Resources
publisher=Alaska Department of Natural Resources
url=http://www.DNR.State.AK.US/
format=HTML

See also

*List of islands of Alaska
*List of rivers of Alaska
*List of lakes of Alaska
*List of waterfalls of Alaska

External links

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