Lake Mohave | |
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Location | Mohave County, Arizona / Clark County, Nevada, US |
Coordinates | 35°26′14″N 114°38′37″W / 35.43722°N 114.64361°W |
Type | reservoir |
Basin countries | United States |
Managing agency | National Park Service |
Surface area | 26,500 acres (10,700 ha) |
Average depth | 75 ft (23 m) |
Water volume | 246.1 million cubic metres (199,500 acre⋅ft) |
Surface elevation | 647 ft (197 m) |
Lake Mohave is a reservoir on the Colorado River between the Hoover Dam and Davis Dam in Cottonwood Valley defining the border between Nevada and Arizona in the United States. This 67-mile (108 km) stretch of the Colorado River flows past Boulder City, Nelson, Searchlight, Cottonwood Cove, Cal-Nev-Ari, and Laughlin to the west in Nevada and Willow Beach and Bullhead City to the east in Arizona. A maximum width of 4 miles (6.4 km) wide and an elevation of 647 feet (197 m), Lake Mohave encompasses 28,260 acres (114.4 km2) of water.[1] As Lake Mead lies to the north of the Hoover Dam, Lake Mohave and adjacent lands forming its shoreline are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service.