A reservoir is usually man made while a lake is natural.
a reservoir is a human made thingy.=I .._
The Colorado river is not man made, but a reservoir on the river named Lake Powell is.
A man-made lake that is formed by a river dam is called a reservoir. It serves as a water supply, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation.
One name often used is Reservoir.
Yes, Millerton Lake is a man-made reservoir created by the construction of the Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River in California. It was built for irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation purposes.
* Grande Lake (natural). * Shadow Mountain Reservoir (man made). * Lake Granby (man made). * Lake Powell (man made). * Lake Meade (man made). * Lake Mohave (man made). * Lake Havesau (man made).
- Ithink its Like differnt because of the way they are formed ....
By definition a reservoir is manmade. Otherwise it's a lake or pond.
A reservoir is a man made "lake" whereas a lake is a result of glaciation that has changed over time and formed a U-shaped valley and the lake will be present in the valley. A lake is an inland body of freshwater & a reservoir is a man made (artificial) version of the same thing. Water in a reservoir is kept there by means of a dam.
The Blue Mesa River is the largest man-made lake in Colorado!
Lake of the Ozarks is not on a river, it is a man-made reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in central Missouri.