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Named artificial or artificially enlarged bodies of water built to store water, typically behind a dam. No live bodyofwater entity sits here yet; minted as scaffolding for the width phase. Belongs here: a named reservoir. Does not belong here: a natural lake with no dam or storage purpose, held under Lakes.

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A reservoir (; from French réservoir [ʁezɛʁvwaʁ]) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
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