💧 New Melones Dam

United States · Americas · 37.95°N, 120.53°W

New Melones Dam is an earth and rock filled embankment dam on the Stanislaus River, about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Jamestown, California, United States, on the border of Calaveras County and Tuolumne County. The water impounded by the 625-foot-tall (191 m) dam forms New Melones Lake, California's fourth-largest reservoir, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada east of the San Joaquin Valley. The dam serves mainly for irrigation water supply, and also provides hydropower generation, flood control, and recreation benefits.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	37.95°N, 120.53°W · view on map

New Melones Dam is located in United States, in Americas.

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