panoramic view-Glen Canyon dam and Lake Powell - II
by Bnte Creations
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panoramic view-Glen Canyon dam and Lake Powell - II
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Bnte Creations
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Lake Powell @ Glen Canyon dam, Page,AZ.
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page. The 710-foot (220 m) high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of 27 million acre feet (33 km3).The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir; Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse the Colorado's Grand Canyon by boat.
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June 11th, 2020
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