Wilson Lake (Kansas)
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Location | Kansas |
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Lake type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Saline River |
Primary outflows | Saline River |
Basin countries | United States |
Water volume | 908 mio m³ |
Wilson Lake or Wilson Reservoir is a lake in the U.S. state of Kansas, on the border of Russell County and Lincoln County. It is a reservoir formed by the 130 ft (40 m) high Wilson Dam on Saline River. The dam was built in 1964 for flood control. The lake’s maximum capacity is 736,000 acre-feet (908 million m³).