Location
The Hoover Dam is found on the Colorado river along the Arizona-Nevada border.

Facts

• The Hoover Dam is an arch-gravity type dam.

• It is the highest arch-gravity dam in the world.

• It was completed in 1936.

• The Hoover Dam is 221 metres high and 379 metres long.

• Lake Mead behind the Hoover Dam is one of the largest artificial lakes in the world.

• Lake Mead has an area of 634 square kilometres and its shoreline is 885 kilometres long.

The Hoover Dam