Lake Havasu

Lake Havasu
View of the lake from Parker Dam
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Location	Arizona, California
Coordinates	34°29′N 114°23′W / 34.483°N 114.383°W / 34.483; -114.383
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Colorado River
Primary outflows	Colorado River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	26.3 miles (42.3 km)
Max. width	2.85 miles (4.59 km)
Surface area	19,300 acres (7,800 ha)
Average depth	35 ft (11 m)
Max. depth	90 ft (27 m)
Surface elevation	448 ft (137 m)
Islands	1
Settlements	Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Lake Havasu (/ˈhɑːvəsuː/) is a large reservoir formed by Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between San Bernardino County, California and Mohave County, Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the Arizonan side of the lake with its Californian counterpart of Havasu Lake directly across the lake. The reservoir has an available capacity of 619,400 acre-feet (0.7640 km³). The concrete arch dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation between 1934 and 1938. The lake's primary purpose is to store water for pumping into two aqueducts. Prior to the dam construction, the area was home to the Mojave people. The lake was named (in 1939) after the Mojave word for blue.^[1] In the early 19th century, it was frequented by beaver trappers.^{[citation needed]} Spaniards also began to mine the areas along the river.^{[citation needed]}