reservoir
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Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir near Las Vegas, is now 32% full.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
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
"This means that the magma that is now present in the magma reservoir under the lava dome is likely newly injected magma," summarizes Seama.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
He gapes at the fires surrounding the reservoir, surprised they’ve grown this far.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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