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What does Hoover do?
The Hoover Dam, also called Boulder Dam, generates electricity and provides flood control. It also creates a large lake used as a water reservoir and for recreational purposes.
Why was Hoover Dam created?
It was built to provide irrigation water flow, for flood control and for hydroelectric power generation.
Why is Hoover Dam so so so important?
A key unit on the Colorado , the dam is a major supplier of hydroelectric power and provides for flood control, river regulation, and improved navigation.
Why did Herbert Hoover build the Hoover Dam?
Herbert Hoover didn't build the dam, it was just named in honour of him. The Hoover Dam boarders Nevada and Arizona. The dam was built in order to create jobs during the Great Depression and it succeeded
What does the Hoover Dam do?
hoover dam is a power plant that produces electricity through the means of running water to power the areas of northwestern Arizona and southern Nevada. it also forms lake mead,,,which is the water source for those areas as well.
What was built in the 1930s to control the Colorado river?
The Hoover Dam.
What was the water control built during Hoover's administration called?
It's called the Hoover Dam.
Did Hoover do the Hoover Dam?
The Hoover Dam was constructed to control flooding on the Colorado River and to generate electricity. As part of that function, it created a large lake that serves as a water reservoir and a recreational facility.
What is the name of the dam on Colorado river between Arizona and Nevada?
There are six of them on the Colorado river. Glenn Canyon dam, Hoover dam, Davis dam, Parker dam, Palo Verde diversion dam and Imperial dam.
What does not mean flood control?
Dam/jetty/levee/floodplain
What is the nickname of Hoover dam?
A nickname for the Hoover Dam is Boulder Dam.
What is the Hoover Dam?
built betweeen 1931 and 1936 by the us bareau of reclamation of the colorado river between nevada and arizona. the hoover dam was one of the major public works projects of the great deppression and new deal era.
