Kentucky Lake

Kentucky Lake
after the state
reservoir in SW Ky. & W Tenn., on the Tennessee River: 247 sq mi (640 sq km); 184 mi (296 km) long

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Reservoir, western Kentucky and western Tennessee, U.S. One of the world's largest manmade lakes, it is 184 mi (296 km) long and has more than 2,300 mi (3,700 km) of shoreline.

It was created in 1944 when the Kentucky Dam was built on the Tennessee River. The dam is the largest in the Tennessee Valley Authority system, and it regulates the flow from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River.

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      one of the largest man-made lakes in the eastern United States, situated in Marshall, Calloway, Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties, southwestern Kentucky, U.S.; its southern extremity overlaps into Tennessee. The lake is 184 miles (296 km) long and has more than 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of shoreline; its average area is about 260 square miles (673 square km). It was created in 1944 when the Kentucky Dam impounded the Tennessee River. (Tennessee River) The dam, which is 206 feet (63 metres) high and 8,422 feet (2,567 metres) long, is the largest in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system. Located near Gilbertsville and 22 miles (35 km) upstream from Paducah, it regulates the flow from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River for navigation, hydropower, and flood control. Some 2,000 loaded barges per month pass through the lock at the eastern end of the dam. Major recreation spots are Kenlake State Park on the lake's west shore and Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park near the dam at the lake's northern end. There are facilities for boating, and the lake is stocked with bass, catfish, bluegill, and crappie.

      Lake Barkley, another huge TVA reservoir that has an approximately 1,000-mile (1,600-km) shoreline and is impounded on the Cumberland River by Barkley Dam, lies east of Kentucky Lake. A wooded isthmus of about 265 square miles (690 square km) between the two lakes known as the Land Between the Lakes is a major recreation and conservation area and the site of an environmental-education centre.

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