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• Gatun Lake
  Gatun Lake

  noun

  an artificial lake in the Canal Zone, forming part of the Panama Canal: created by the Gatun dam. 164 sq. mi. (425 sq. km).
• Gatún Lake
  Gatún Lake

  noun

  a lake in Panama, part of the Panama Canal: formed in 1912 on the completion of the Gatún Dam across the Chagres River. Area: 424 sq km (164 sq miles)

Gatun Lake

American  

noun

1. an artificial lake in the Canal Zone, forming part of the Panama Canal: created by the Gatun dam. 164 sq. mi. (425 sq. km).

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Gatún Lake British  

/ ɡaˈtun /

noun

1. a lake in Panama, part of the Panama Canal: formed in 1912 on the completion of the Gatún Dam across the Chagres River. Area: 424 sq km (164 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Gatun Lake, which forms a key stretch of the canal system and provides fresh water for its locks, saw little rain this year, as El Niño triggered a withering drought.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

And Megan Geuss at Ars Technica discovered that a ship from World War II became a floating nuclear power station in Gatun Lake in Panama until 1976.

From The Verge • May 2, 2018

They can arrange private helicopter rides or sailings around Gatun Lake.

From Time • Oct. 13, 2017

In 1935, the Madden Dam was created to prevent the flooding of the Chagres River, which flows into Gatun Lake – a major part of the canal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2016

On it depends the maintenance of Gatun Lake and the supply of water for the canal.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon