Lahontan Dam
The Lahontan Dam is a dam situated on the Carson River in the Carson Desert between Carson City, Nevada and Fallon, Nevada in the United States. Its impoundment is known as the Lahontan Reservoir or Lake Lahontan.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam in Churchill County, Nevada
- Also known as: “Lahontan Dam and Power Plant”
Lahontan Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Churchill, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.4621° or 39° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
-119.06657° or 119° 3′ 60″ westElevation
4,124 feet (1,257 metres)Open location code
85F2FW6M+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 759630200OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Lahontan Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lahontan Dam”
- Dutch: “Lahontan Dam”
- Dutch: “Lahontandam”
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