What is Glen Canyon Dam?
[[File:Glen Canyon Dam.jpg|thumb|The Glen Canyon Dam]] '''Glen Canyon Dam''' is a large [[dam]] on the [[Colorado River]]. It is in [[Page, Arizona|Page]], [[Arizona]]. The dam is 583 feet high and it is 1,560 feet wide. It creates [[Lake Powell]] which is 186 miles long. The purpose of the dam is to create [[electricity]] and to prevent [[flood]]s. The [[reservoir]] can store 27 million acre-feet of water (which is the amount of water that can cover one [[acre]] to 1 foot deep). [[Construction]] of the dam began in 1956. It was able to begin storing the flow of the [[river]] in 1963. == Other websites == *[http://www.nps.gov/glca/damindx.htm Glen Canyon National Recreation Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720190427/http://www.nps.gov/glca/damindx.htm |date=2006-07-20 }} *[http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/az10307.htm Glen Canyon Dam page from the Bureau of Reclamation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513010435/http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/az10307.htm |date=2009-05-13 }} *[http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/crampton/crampton2.htm Images of Glen Canyon before it was flooded] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210202501/http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/crampton/crampton2.htm |date=2008-02-10 }} *[http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/199703/brower.asp Article by David Brower on restoring Glen Canyon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515110938/http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/199703/brower.asp |date=2013-05-15 }} *[http://www.glencanyon.org The Glen Canyon Institute] *[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/envdocs/eis/gc/gcdOpsFEIS.html 1995 Glen Canyon EIS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222124723/http://www.usbr.gov/uc/envdocs/eis/gc/gcdOpsFEIS.html |date=2013-02-22 }} *[http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=14441 New Environmental Impact Assessment of the Glen Canyon Dam (2006)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309085922/http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=14441 |date=2008-0