reservoir

Example Sentences

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Fed by the river, Lake Mead, America’s largest reservoir, now stands at only 1,060-feet elevation, down 166 feet from its 1983 peak—nearly 30 feet gone in just the past five years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"The primary function of all glaciers and the entire periglacial environment is to act as a freshwater reservoir," Agostina Rossi Serra, a biologist working with Greenpeace said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Seama says, "Due to its extent and location it is clear that this is in fact the same magma reservoir as in the previous eruption."

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The program incorporates advanced forecasting and weather observations into reservoir release decisions at Lake Mendocino.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

I, an American writer, writing about America, was working from memory, and the memory is at best a faulty, warpy reservoir.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck