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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

There are three pairs of these locks and they lift the vessel to Gatun Lake, which is eighty-five feet above sea level.

From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)

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