Lake Manawa is a lake located in

Council Bluffs Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The city is the most populous in Southwest Iowa, and is the third largest and a primary city of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area. It is lo ...

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, in the

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. It was formed from a Missouri River flood in 1881. It is the closest lake to

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and surrounding metro area which allows motor boating, water skiing, and wakeboarding. Lake Area:

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Manawa Manawa can refer to: *Manawa, Wisconsin, a city in Wisconsin * ''Manawa'' (crustacean): ''Manawa'' Hornibrook, 1949, a genus of ostracod *''Manawa'' Forster, 1970 an invalid genus of spider: now '' Mesudus'' Özdikmen, 2007 *''Manawa'' Bergquist & F ...

Bodies of water of Pottawattamie County, Iowa {{PottawattamieCountyIA-geo-stub