Lake Lanier
Water type: Artificial lake
Basin: Chattahoochee River -> Lake Seminole -> Apalachicola -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Perciformes - Perches
Esociformes - Pikes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Perciformes - Perches
Esociformes - Pikes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.
It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River.
The lake encompasses 38,000 acres (15,000 ha) or 59 sq mi (150 km2) of water, and 692 mi (1,114 km) of shoreline at normal level, a full pool of 1,071 ft (326 m) above mean sea level and the exact shoreline varies by resolution according to the coastline paradox.
