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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 ...

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Barren River Lake Barren River Lake is a , reservoir in Kentucky created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1964 by impounding the Barren River. The lake occupies parts of Allen, Barren, and Monroe counties. The Barren River Lake Dam is an earthen dam, 146 fe ...

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Lake Beshear Lake Beshear is a reservoir located in Caldwell and Christian counties in Kentucky. Impounded in 1962, the lake lies within the Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park. See also *Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park ...

* Cannon Creek Lake * Lake Carnico *

Carr Creek Lake Carr Creek Lake (formerly Carr Fork Lake), located east of Hazard, Kentucky, along Kentucky Route 15 in Knott County, is a reservoir created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1976. Carr Creek Lake's earth and rock fill dam is tall and 720 ...

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Cave Run Lake Cave Run Lake, located south of Morehead, Kentucky, USA along Kentucky Route 801, is an reservoir built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The , half-mile (800 m) dam (and outlet works) construction began in 1965 and was completed in 1973. C ...

* Cedar Creek Lake *

Cranks Creek Lake Cranks Creek Lake is a reservoir in Harlan County, Kentucky Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. Its county seat is Harlan. It is classified as a moist countya county i ...

* Lake Cumberland *

Dale Hollow Lake The Dale Hollow Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the Kentucky/Tennessee border. The lake is formed by the damming of the Obey River, 7.3 miles (12 km) above its juncture with the Cumberland River at river mile 380. Portions of the lake a ...

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Grayson Lake Grayson Lake is a reservoir in Carter and Elliott counties in Kentucky. It was created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1968 by impounding the Little Sandy River with the Grayson Dam, an earthen structure 120 feet high, creating a ...

* Green River Lake *

Greenbo Lake Greenbo Lake is a reservoir nestled in the Appalachian foothills of Greenup County, Kentucky. The lake was jointly created in 1955 by the Greenbo Lake Association (a group of residents who desired to create a recreation attraction in their area) ...

Guist Creek Lake Guist Creek Lake is a reservoir about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek. The lake has of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900 channel catfish per year. Its average dept ...

Herrington Lake Herrington Lake is a artificial lake located in Mercer, Garrard and Boyle counties in Kentucky, United States. The lake was created by Kentucky Utilities' damming of the Dix River, a tributary of the Kentucky River, in 1925 to generate hydroelect ...

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Kincaid Lake Kincaid Lake is a artificial lake in Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Kincaid Creek, a branch of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking River. It is the primary attraction of Kincaid Lake State Park. See also *Kinca ...

Laurel River Lake Laurel River Lake, located west of Corbin, Kentucky, in the U.S., is a reservoir built in 1977 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Laurel River, a tributary of the Cumberland River, in the Daniel Boone National Forest. The lake covers par ...

* Lake Linville *

Lake Malone Lake Malone is a reservoir in Logan, Muhlenberg, and Todd counties in Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper Sout ...

Martins Fork Lake Martins Fork Lake is a reservoir in Harlan County, Kentucky. The lake was impounded from the Martins Fork in 1979 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers , colors = , anniversaries = 16 June (O ...

Nolin River Lake Nolin River Lake is a reservoir in Edmonson, Grayson, and Hart counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from the Nolin River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. The Nolin River dam was authorized in 1938 as part of a flood cont ...

Paintsville Lake Paintsville Lake is a reservoir in Johnson County, Kentucky, Johnson and Morgan County, Kentucky, Morgan counties in eastern Kentucky. It was impounded from Paint Creek (Johnson County, Kentucky), Paint Creek in 1983 by the United States Army Corp ...

* Pan Bowl Lake *

Rough River Lake The Rough River Lake is a Y-shaped reservoir located in Breckinridge, Hardin, and Grayson counties in Kentucky, about 70 miles southwest of Louisville. This lake was created by the building of a dam, begun in 1955 and completed in 1961, 89.3 mile ...

* Shanty Hollow Lake * Shelby Lake *

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

Taylorsville Lake Taylorsville Lake is a artificial lake or reservoir located mainly in Spencer County, Kentucky. As of 12/19/21 Taylorsville Lake has become a hotspot for migrating ducks. According to Central KY Waterfowlers the lake is currently holding a record ...

* Wilgreen Lake *

Williamstown Lake Williamstown Lake is a public recreational lake and water reservoir in Grant County, Kentucky Grant County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,941. Its county s ...

Willisburg Lake Willisburg Lake is a reservoir in Washington County, Kentucky Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,027. Its county seat is Springfield. The county is named for Geo ...

* Wood Creek Lake *

Yatesville Lake Yatesville Lake is a reservoir in Lawrence County, Kentucky in the far eastern part of the state, close to the town of Louisa. The earthen dam was constructed in 1988 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 156 feet, and ...

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Lakes 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 larger ...