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Place Name
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Cabinet Gorge Reservoir
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Place Status (Type)
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gorge
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Location
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Sanders County, Montana (MT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°58'N
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Longitude
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115°44'W
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Cabinet Gorge Reservoir
(
12 sq mi/31 sq km), Sanders co.,
NW Mont., on Clark Fork and Thompson Fork of Pend Oreiller R., in
Kaniksu Natl. Forest bet. Cabinet Mts. and Bitterroot Range,
28 mi/45 km SSW of Libby; 47°58'N
115°44'W. Max. capacity 400,000 acre-ft. Formed by Noxon Rapids Dam
(170 ft/52 m high), built (1960) by U.S.
Forest Service for power generation; also used for recreation.
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