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Hoover Dam's role in forming Lake Mead
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Hoover Dam's role in forming Lake Mead
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Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River at the Arizona-Nevada border, U.S.
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Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, Arizona-Nevada, U.S., seen from above on the upstream...
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Lake Mead
Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada, U.S. The...
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Hoover Dam: intake towers
Intake towers of Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada border, U.S.
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Hoover Dam: hydraulic turbines
Hydraulic turbines in the hydroelectric power plant at Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada...
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Hoover Dam intake towers
Intake towers and crest of Hoover Dam as seen from Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada, U.S.,...
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Hoover Dam and (background) Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona border.
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Hoover Dam and Lake Mead on the Colorado River, Arizona-Nevada, U.S. A bypass bridge...
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The drawing shows how the completed Hoover Dam works. The Nevada wall of the Black...
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