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Place Name
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Noxon Reservoir
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Pronunciation
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NAHKS-uhn
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Place Status (Type)
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reservoir
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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°57'N
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Longitude
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115°57'W
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Noxon Reservoir
(NAHKS-uhn), Sanders co., NW Mont., on Clark
Fork river, 30 mi/48 km SSW of Libby, near
Idaho state line; c.30 mi/48 km long;
47°57'N 115°57'W. Max. capacity 800,000 acre-ft. Formed by Noxon
Rapids Dam (gravity and earth; 176 ft/54 m
high), built (1960) by the Wash. Power Company for power generation,
flood control, and irrigation.
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