Rough River Lake
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Rough River Lake | |
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Location | Kentucky |
Lake type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Rough River |
Primary outflows | Rough River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 5,100 acres (21 km²) |
Rough River Lake is a 5,100-acre (21 km²) lake in Breckinridge, Grayson, and Hardin counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from the Rough River in 1959 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is the primary attraction of Rough River Dam State Resort Park.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ (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.