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New Melones Dam is an earth and rock filled embankment dam on the Stanislaus River about 5 mi (8.0 km) west of Jamestown California in the United States. The water impounded by the 625-foot (191 m)-tall dam forms New Melones Lake California’s fourth largest reservoir in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada east of the San Joaquin Valley.

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length (km)
475.488
building start year
1966-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
country
United States
height (cm)
190.5
vastest lake
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location
California, Jamestown California
opening year
1979-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
river
Stanislaus River
latitude
37.9472
longitude
-120.528

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