Cedar Creek Reservoir (Alabama)

Cedar Creek Reservoir
Location Franklin County, Alabama
Coordinates 34°31′44″N 87°55′36″W / 34.52890°N 87.92667°W / 34.52890; -87.92667Coordinates: 34°31′44″N 87°55′36″W / 34.52890°N 87.92667°W / 34.52890; -87.92667
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Cedar Creek
Primary outflows Cedar Creek
Basin countries United States

Cedar Creek Reservoir is a large reservoir located in Franklin County, Alabama (USA) along Cedar Creek.

Cedar Creek Dam is 96-foot high earthen dam for flood control and irrigation, completed in 1979 as a project of the Tennessee Valley Authority. No hydroelectric power is generated here.[1]

The "cedar" in the name actually refers to the eastern juniper (Juniperus virginiana), mistaken by early European settlers for the Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus libani) referred to in the Bible.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tva.gov/sites/cedarcreek.htm

See also


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