Lake Blue Ridge

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Name: Lake Blue Ridge
Water system: Tennessee River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Toccoa River (Ocoee River) -> Hiwassee River -> Chickamauga Lake -> Tennessee River -> Ohio River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Blue Ridge Lake is a reservoir in Fannin County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The reservoir encompasses 1,300 ha of water, and a "full summer pool" of approximately 514 m above mean sea level. It is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and is primarily fed by the Toccoa River. Blue Ridge Lake was created by the completion of Blue Ridge Dam and has approximately 97 km of shoreline and a flood storage capacity of 84,500 dam3. The lake's levels fluctuate by about 6.1 m in a typical year. Blue Ridge Dam was completed in 1930. It stands 175 feet (53 m) high and is 1,553 feet 473 m wide across the Toccoa river. The dam provides up to 13 megawatts of power via a single generator.

Lake Blue Ridge

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