- The last time Lake Mead was at maximum capacity, reaching an elevation of about 1,220 feet near the dam, was in 1983 and 1999, NASA notes.
- Dams that back up the Colorado River as it flows through one of the hottest, driest regions on earth created Lake Mead and Lake Mohave.
- No disappearing act has ever been slower than the 20-year gradual ebbing of water levels in Lake Mead, Nevada.
- In dropping to a record-low water level Lake Mead, which straddles the Colorado River between southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona, has emerged as an...
- The final stocking was in 2011 due to the closure of Lake Mead Hatchery from a declining lake level and infestation of quagga mussels.
- With currently more than 9 million annual visitors , Lake Mead has become one of the main tourist destinations in the United States.
- Lake Mead is North America's largest man-made reservoir. It can hold up to 28,945,000 acre-feet of water at one time, and is formed by the legendary Hoover Dam.
- This recreation area provides scenic vistas of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave with more than 700 miles of shoreline and a beautiful reservoir for boaters...
- Since that time I would guess that Lake Powell now absorbs the annual peaks and troughs once seen in the Lake Mead data, and acts as a buffer for Lake Mead.
- Lake Mead has long been the maker of ghosts – not necessarily the kind that goes “boo” at night, but in lost cities, places, people, buildings, and the lake itself.