Hears the short answer Lake Mead. :)
Colorado River.
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.
Lake Mead formed when the Hoover Dam was built over the Colorado River
Nevada and Arizona; Lake Mead
Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
The Colorado River forms Lake Powell on the border of Utah and Arizona, and the river continues into the Grand Canyon, forms Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam, creates Lake Havasu, passes through Mexico and enters the Pacfic Ocean via the Sea of Cortez.The Colorado River.The Colorado River.The Colorado River is the largest river that flows from Utah to Colorado, through Lake Powell.
Hoover Dam is on the Colorado River. The water backed up behind the dam is called Lake Mead.
Lake Powell.
Salt river
The Glen Canyon dam forming Lake Powell was completed in 1966. Hoover Dam was completed in 1936.
The Colorado River is a river where many of the lakes in Arizona are located, such as Lake Mead and Lake Havasu, and is not a lake itself. The largest lake in Arizona is the Theodore Roosevelt Lake.
No, they are two separate lakes that are both formed by dams along the Colorado River. Lake Mead lies above the Hoover Dam and Lake Mohave lies below the Hoover Dam and above the Davis Dam. Both of the lakes are included in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.