Kentucky Lake

Kentucky Lake is a major navigable along the in and . It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via for flood control and hydroelectric power.
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  • Reservoir
  • …lies at an elevation of 358 feet (109 metres)
  • Description: reservoir in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

Kentucky Lake

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Latitude
36.2544° or 36° 15′ 16″ north
Longitude
-88.0803° or 88° 4′ 49″ west
Open location code
868H7W39+QV
Geo­Names ID
4296922
Wiki­data ID
Q2781219

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Serbian—“Kentucky Lake” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “肯塔基湖”
  • Dutch: “Kentucky Lake”
  • French: “lac Kentucky”
  • French: “Lac Kentucky”
  • German: “Kentucky Lake”
  • Macedonian: “Кентаки (езеро)”
  • Macedonian: “Кентаки”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kentucky Lake”
  • Serbian: “Кентаки”
  • “Kentucky”

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