Green River Lake

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Green River Lake
Location Kentucky
Lake type reservoir
Primary inflows Green River
Primary outflows Green River
Basin countries United States
Surface area 8,200 acres (33 km²)

Green River Lake is an 8,200-acre (33 km²) artificial lake in Adair, Casey, and Taylor counties in Kentucky. The lake was formed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1969 by impounding the Green River. The lake is the major attraction of Green River Lake State Park.[1]

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  1. ^ (1992) "Lakes", in Kleber, John E.: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720. 

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