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Categories: Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada, Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona, Dams on the Colorado River, Dams in Arizona, National Historic Landmarks in Arizona
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Hoover Dam  Boulder Dam  Hoover damn  Boulder Canyon Project  Boulder Canyon Project Act
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A large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada WordNet 3.0
Geonames
Definitions
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A large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Wikipedia
Dam on the Colorado River bordering Nevada and Arizona, US. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River, United States Wikidata
IS A
dam
hydroelectricity
tourist attraction
arch-gravity dam
embankment dam
PART OF
Nevada
ARCHITECT
Gordon Kaufmann
COUNTRY
United States
DRAINAGE BASIN
Colorado drainage basins
HAS PARTS OF THE CLASS
spillway
water turbine
HERITAGE DESIGNATION
National Historic Landmark
INFLOWS
Colorado
LOCATED IN OR NEXT TO BODY OF WATER
Colorado
LOCATED IN PROTECTED AREA
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Clark County
Mohave County
LOCATED ON TERRAIN FEATURE
Colorado
Black Canyon of the Colorado
NAMED AFTER
Hoover
Boulder Canyon
OPERATOR
United States Bureau of Reclamation
OWNED BY
United States government
RESERVOIR CREATED
Lake Mead
USE
flood control
hydroelectricity
water storage
recreational sport
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Hoover Dam
Wikipedia
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Hoover Dam
Wikidata
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Hoover Dam
GeoNames
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Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam
Wikipedia Redirections
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Boulder Canyon Project, Boulder Canyon Project Act, Boulder Dam, Environmental impact of the Hoover Dam, Hoover dam, Hoover Dam naming controversy, Hoover damn, Hoover Damn, Hoover Power Plant, Hooverdam, the Hoover Dam, US Construction Railroad
Wikidata Alias
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Boulder Dam

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