Gatun Lake
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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How to use Gatun Lake in a sentence
The regulation of the water level in Gatun Lake is no small task, for the Chagres is one of the world's moodiest streams.
The Panama Canal | Frederic Jennings HaskinGates six and seven are now closed, and the water allowed to fill the third lock until we are up to the level of Gatun Lake.
The Panama Canal | Frederic Jennings HaskinThere are three pairs of these locks and they lift the vessel to Gatun Lake, which is eighty-five feet above sea level.
Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. NicholsThe water fills the lock through openings in the floor, and the water itself comes from Gatun Lake.
The Moving Picture Boys at Panama | Victor AppletonThe waters of Gatun Lake were rushing to regain the freedom denied them by the building of the locks.
The Moving Picture Boys at Panama | Victor Appleton
British Dictionary definitions for Gatún Lake
/ (Spanish ɡaˈtun) /
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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