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Man made lakes used for the storage of water are typically known as reservoirs.
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Artificial, also called a reservoir: A lake created by flooding land behind a dam, by human excavation, or by the flooding of an open pit mine (sometimes called a quarry). Some of the world's largest lakes are reservoirs. Husain Sagar is a reservoir in India built in 1562.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake#Types_of_lakes
Viper1
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agoUsually by damming a stream or river but some are actually dug.
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∙ 15y agoThere are generally two ways to do this.
* Dam a river so that a body of water builds up behind the dam * Divert a river into a hollow area - one either natural or man-made.
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