Sardis Lake (Mississippi)
| Sardis Lake Sardis Dam |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 24 '32 " N , 89 ° 47' 45" W | ||||||
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| Lock type: | Earth wall | ||||||
| Construction time: | Completion in 1940 | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 30 m | ||||||
| Crown length: | 4th 700 m | ||||||
| Operator: | USACE | ||||||
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| Water surface | 40 km² | ||||||
| Reservoir length | 21 km | ||||||
| Catchment area | 4th 000 km² | ||||||
The Sardis Lake is an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Tallahatchie River , a source river of the Yazoo River in the basin of the Mississippi , is created.
It is located about 14 km west of the eponymous city of Sardis . The approximately 40 km² Sardis Lake is located in the counties Panola and Lafayette in the US state of Mississippi .
Emergence
Shortly after the Flood Control Act of 1936 was ratified by Congress , construction work on the dam began. It is part of the Mississippi River Basin Flood Control Project , which was created based on experiences from the 1927 flood.
In 1940 the construction of the dam was completed. For a long time, it was the largest dam in the world that was built as a heaped earth wall.
Use of the lake
In addition to its original purpose, flood protection, it is now primarily used for recreational purposes. Campsites, marinas, boat docks and other leisure facilities can be found on its banks.
