Lake Havasu

<p>Lake Havasu  is a large <a href="/facts/Reservoir/2FewszmR">reservoir</a> formed by <a href="/facts/Parker_Dam/kqFjYkFq">Parker Dam</a> on the <a href="/facts/Colorado_River/yGEJtRAJ">Colorado River</a>, on the border between <a href="/facts/San_Bernardino_County%2c_California/6xDdb4KN">San Bernardino County, California</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mohave_County%2c_Arizona/4pRdYyjR">Mohave County, Arizona</a>. <a href="/facts/Lake_Havasu_City/fAS8dXIv">Lake Havasu City</a> sits on the Arizonan side of the lake with its Californian counterpart of <a href="/facts/Havasu_Lake%2c_California/Uq9FXk8T">Havasu Lake</a> directly across the lake. The reservoir has an available capacity of 619,400 acre-feet (0.7640 km3). The concrete <a href="/facts/Arch_dam/A42zfPY9">arch dam</a> was built by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Bureau_of_Reclamation/TzY5wlgI">United States Bureau of Reclamation</a> between 1934 and 1938. The lake's primary purpose is to store water for pumping into two <a href="/facts/Aqueduct_(watercourse)/jnSsVRYd">aqueducts</a>. Prior to the dam construction, the area was home to the <a href="/facts/Mojave_people/5xsudQUd">Mojave people</a>. The lake was named (in 1939) after the <a href="/facts/Mojave_language/C76NF4ly">Mojave</a> word for <i>blue</i>. In the early 19th century, it was frequented by beaver trappers. Spaniards also began to mine the areas along the river.
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Lake Havasu