Cedar Creek Reservoir (Alabama)
Reservoir in Franklin County, Alabama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cedar Creek Reservoir is a large reservoir located in Franklin County, Alabama (USA) along Cedar Creek.
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Cedar Creek Reservoir | |
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Location | Franklin County, Alabama |
Coordinates | 34.52890°N 87.92667°W / 34.52890; -87.92667 |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Cedar Creek |
Primary outflows | Cedar Creek |
Basin countries | United States |
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Cedar Creek Dam is 96 feet (29 m) high earthen dam for flood control and irrigation, completed in 1979 as a project of the Tennessee Valley Authority. No hydroelectric power is generated here.[1]
The "cedar" in the name refers to the eastern juniper (Juniperus virginiana), mistaken by early European settlers for the Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus libani) mentioned in the Bible.