Hungry Horse Dam
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The Hungry Horse Dam is located in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana. It dams the south fork of the Flathead River forming the Hungry Horse reservoir. The damsite is in the Flathead National Forest in Flathead County, 15 miles south of the west entrance to Glacier National Park and 20 miles northeast of Kalispell, Montana.
Its wall is built between a narrow canyon with a height of 171.9 m (564 ft.) and was the fifths highest in the world at it's time. Construction ended on July 18, 1953.
The dam is used for electricity generation (four generators producing 428 kW max.), flood control and irrigation. The reservoir covers an area of 96,3 km² max. of water provided by the Columbia River Basin. Water drop is 149 m. The dam is operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
location: 48° 20' 30" N, 114° 0' 30" W
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