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Reservoirs

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Geography Atlas. "Reservoirs." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/bodyofwater/reservoirs.

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Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Reservoirs. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/bodyofwater/reservoirs

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@misc{geographyatlas-reservoirs,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Reservoirs},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/bodyofwater/reservoirs},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

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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