Carters Lake | |
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Location | Blue Ridge Mountains Gilmer & Murray counties, Georgia United States |
Coordinates | 34°36′26″N 84°38′00″W / 34.6072°N 84.6332°W |
Type | natural lake, reservoir |
Primary inflows | Coosawattee River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 3,200 acres (13 km2) |
Average depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
Max. depth | 450 ft (140 m) |
Water volume | 383,600 acre⋅ft (0.4732 km3) |
Shore length1 | 62 mi (100 km) |
Surface elevation | 1,074 ft (327 m) [1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Carters Lake is a man-made reservoir located on the Coosawattee River in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Gilmer and Murray counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the state's deepest lake.