Parker Dam

<p>Parker Dam is a <a href="/facts/Concrete/K6whGVNx">concrete</a> <a href="/facts/Arch-gravity_dam/RIrJc05X">arch-gravity dam</a> that crosses the <a href="/facts/Colorado_River/yGEJtRAJ">Colorado River</a> 155 miles (249 km) downstream of <a href="/facts/Hoover_Dam/WIPXAeBe">Hoover Dam</a>. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Bureau_of_Reclamation/TzY5wlgI">Bureau of Reclamation</a>, it is 320 feet (98 m) high, 235 feet (72 m) of which are below the <a href="/facts/Stream_bed/9hcQPGaj">riverbed</a> (the deep excavation was necessary in order to reach the bedrock on which the foundation of the dam was built), making it the deepest dam in the world. The portion of the dam above the foundation stands 85 feet (25.9 m) tall, making it the only dam in the world that stands more underground than above ground. The dam's primary functions are to create a <a href="/facts/Reservoir_(water)/2FewszmR">reservoir</a>, and to generate <a href="/facts/Hydroelectric/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectric</a> power. The reservoir behind the dam is called <a href="/facts/Lake_Havasu/8NNIGHuP">Lake Havasu</a> and can store 647,000 <a href="/facts/Acre-foot/9DwAJvMW">acre⋅ft</a> (798,000,000 <a href="/facts/Cubic_metre/GPILKCtm">m3</a>; 2.11×1011 <a href="/facts/US_gallon/HnvMkKIz">US gal</a>; 1.76×1011 <a href="/facts/Imperial_gallon/HnvMkKIz">imp gal</a>). The dam straddles the <a href="/facts/Arizona/6ayM3swJ">Arizona</a>-<a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a> state border at the narrows the river passes through between the <a href="/facts/Whipple_Mountains/YgxcMMBu">Whipple Mountains</a> in <a href="/facts/San_Bernardino_County%2c_California/6xDdb4KN">San Bernardino County</a>, California and the <a href="/facts/Buckskin_Mountains_(Arizona)/Vpyu16lb">Buckskin Mountains</a> in <a href="/facts/La_Paz_County%2c_Arizona/g3hKAe77">La Paz County</a>, Arizona.
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Parker Dam