Lake Mohave

Lake Mohave
Lake Mohave across from Cottonwood Cove
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Location	Mohave County, Arizona / Clark County, Nevada, US
Coordinates	35°26′14″N 114°38′37″W / 35.43722°N 114.64361°W / 35.43722; -114.64361
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United States
Managing agency	National Park Service
Surface area	26,500 acres (10,700 ha)
Average depth	75 ft (23 m)
Water volume	246.1 million cubic metres (199,500 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	647 ft (197 m)

Lake Mohave is a reservoir on the Colorado River between the Hoover Dam and Davis Dam in Cottonwood Valley defining the border between Nevada and Arizona in the United States. This 67-mile (108 km) stretch of the Colorado River flows past Boulder City, Nelson, Searchlight, Cottonwood Cove, Cal-Nev-Ari, and Laughlin to the west in Nevada and Willow Beach and Bullhead City to the east in Arizona. A maximum width of 4 miles (6.4 km) wide and an elevation of 647 feet (197 m), Lake Mohave encompasses 28,260 acres (114.4 km²) of water.^[1] As Lake Mead lies to the north of the Hoover Dam, Lake Mohave and adjacent lands forming its shoreline are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service.