Lake Strom Thurmond (Georgia)

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Name: Lake Strom Thurmond (Georgia)
Water system: Savannah river
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Savannah river -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Lake Strom Thurmond, officially designated J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir[1] at the federal level, and Clarks Hill Lake by the state of Georgia, is a man-made reservoir at the border between the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin. Thurmond Lake is a man-made lake bordering Georgia and South Carolina on the Savannah, Broad, and Little Rivers.

The lake is created by the J. Strom Thurmond Dam located on the Savannah River. The lake extends 63.4 km up the Savannah River, 47 km up the Little River in Georgia, and 10.5 km up the Broad River in Georgia, and 27 kmup the Little River in South Carolina, at normal pool elevation of 330 mean sea level, Thurmond Lake comprises nearly 287 km2 of water with a shoreline of 1,900 km. The entire Thurmond "project" contains 611 km2 of land and water.

Lake Strom Thurmond (Georgia)

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