Bear Creek Reservoir

Bear Creek Reservoir
Location	Franklin County, Alabama
Coordinates	34°23′55″N 87°59′16″W / 34.39861°N 87.98778°W / 34.39861; -87.98778Coordinates: 34°23′55″N 87°59′16″W / 34.39861°N 87.98778°W / 34.39861; -87.98778
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Bear Creek
Primary outflows	Bear Creek
Basin countries	United States

The Bear Creek Reservoir is a reservoir located in Franklin County, Alabama, along Bear Creek. Bear Creek Dam is one of four Tennessee Valley Authority dams in the area, 68 feet high, creating a maximum flood control capacity of 37,800 acre-feet. No hydroelectric power is generated here.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.tva.gov/sites/bearcreek.htm

Facilities operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority

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Gas turbine plants	Allen Brownsville Caledonia Colbert Gallatin Gleason John Sevier CC Johnsonville Kemper Lagoon Creek Magnolia Marshall Southaven

Nuclear power plants	Bellefonte Browns Ferry Sequoyah Watts Bar

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Bear Creek Reservoir

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