Tallulah Falls Lake is a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

with of shoreline located in the Northeastern corner of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

Rabun County Rabun County () is the north-easternmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,883, up from 16,276 in 2010. The county seat is Clayton. With an average annual rainfall of over , Rabun County has the ...

. It is the fourth and smallest

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

in a six-lake series created by

hydroelectric dam Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...

s operated by

Georgia Power Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was established as the Georgia Railway and Power Company and began operations in 1902 running streetcars in Atlanta as a successor to the Atlanta Consolida ...

that follows the original course of the

Tallulah River :''This article refers to the river. For the town, see Tallulah Falls, Georgia, for the lake, see Tallulah Falls Lake and for the waterfalls and gorge, see Tallulah Gorge.'' The Tallulah River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography ...

. The series starts upstream on the Tallulah River with

Lake Burton Lake Burton may refer to: *Lake Burton (Georgia), a lake in Rabun County, Georgia * Lake Burton (Quebec), a lake near Long Island, Quebec *Lake Burton (Antarctica) Lake Burton, also known as Burton Lagoon, is a meromictic and saline lake in th ...

followed by Lake Seed,

Lake Rabun Lake Rabun is a twisty reservoir with of shoreline located in the Northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Georgia in Rabun County. It is the third lake in a six-lake series that follows the original course of the Tallulah River. The series beg ...

, Tallulah Falls Lake, Lake Tugalo and

Lake Yonah Lake Yonah is a lake on the Tugaloo River, separating Georgia and South Carolina. The lake is created by the Yonah Dam, which is owned and operated by Georgia Power, and generates 22 megawatts. Lake Yonah is a residential lake with 72 vacation a ...

. Georgia Power considers the lake full at a surface elevation of . Tallulah Falls Lake was formed in 1914 with the completion of the Tallulah Falls Dam, a concrete dam with diversion tunnel. The diversion tunnel is wide, high, and long and was tunneled through solid rock and then lined with concrete. The dam is high and has a span of . The Tallulah Falls Hydroelectric Plant is located lower than the dam at the lower end of the tunnel and has a generation capacity of 72,000 kilowatts.

Sources

Georgia Power Website for power plants
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Georgia Power lake levels

External links

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TopoQuest Map for Tallulah Falls Lake
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