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    Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona...
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    The 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash occurred 21 July 1948 when a Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress, modified into an F-13 reconnaissance platform and...
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    Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. Operated by the National Park Service...
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    water when full, second in the United States to only Lake Mead - though Lake Mead has fallen below Lake Powell in size several times during the 21st century...
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    allowing flood waters to be diverted under the reservoir into Lake Mead with the rest absorbed by Lake Las Vegas itself. After falling into substantial disrepair...
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    across the Colorado Plateau and through the Grand Canyon before reaching Lake Mead on the Arizona–Nevada border, where it turns south toward the international...
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    1968 with F-111s, and the TFW was fully operational in July 1971. The Lake Mead Base, a 1953–6 United States Navy's weapons storage area of 2,832 ha (6...
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    since January 2000, but the levels of Lake Mead have been dropping. The steady depletion of water at Lake Mead due to over-allocation of the flows is...
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    Glen Canyon Dam (category Lake Powell)
    retained in both Lake Powell and Lake Mead, in order to preserve hydro-power generation capacity at both lakes. This resulted in Lake Mead declining to the...
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    Hoover Dam (category Lake Mead National Recreation Area)
    March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule. Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed...
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