Cabinet Gorge Dam

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Cabinet Gorge Dam
[[Image: |250px|Cabinet Gorge Dam]]
Impounds	Clark Fork
Creates	Cabinet Gorge Reservoir
Locale	Idaho
Maintained by	Avista Corp.
Length	600 feet (183 m)[1]
Height	111 feet (34 m)[1]
Opening date	1953[1]
Reservoir information
Capacity	106,000 acre feet (131,000,000 m³)[1]
Catchment area	22,073 sq mi (57,169 km²)[1]
Surface area	3,200 acres (13 km²)[1]
Geographical Data
Coordinates	48°5′12″N, 116°3′52″W [2]

Cabinet Gorge Dam is a concrete arch-type hydroelectric dam on the Clark Fork river, in the U.S. state of Idaho.

The dam is located in the Idaho Panhandle, just west of the Montana border. Cabinet Gorge Reservoir extends into Montana, nearly to Noxon Rapids Dam.

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