Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder.
The Molonglo River was dammed to create the artificial lake Lake Burley Griffin.
The Chagres River @ Gamboa
The Molongo River. The lake is an artificial lake in the center of Canberra
Lake St Clair.
A dammed lake is a man-made reservoir created by blocking a river with a dam to store water for various uses. An aquifer is an underground layer of rock or soil that holds water, serving as a natural reservoir. Dammed lakes are surface water sources, while aquifers store water underground.
The Colorado River.
Reservoir/Cistern
Lake Pedder is in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia.
The huge lake formed in eastern Washington when continental glaciers dammed rivers is called Lake Missoula. This prehistoric lake was repeatedly filled and drained by the catastrophic Missoula Floods during the last ice age, shaping the landscape of the region.
Lake Volta in Ghana has an area of 8,730 km2. It was created when the River Volta was dammed in 1966 (completed).