Lake Wedowee
General data
- Name: Lake Wedowee
- Water system: Mobile River
- Water type: Artificial lake
- Progression: Tallapoosa River -> Alabama River -> Mobile River -> Mobile Bay -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Subtropical
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Description
Lake Wedowee, or R. L. Harris Reservoir, is a reservoir, located in Randolph County, Alabama on the upper part of the Tallapoosa River 90 miles (140 km) from Atlanta, Georgia. The lake has an area of 9,870 acres (39.9 km2).[2] This lake was built at one of the last hydro sites in Alabama.