Garrison Dam is an earth-embankment dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota, and the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world. The dam was built in 1956 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of a flood control and power generation project along the river. The reservoir impounded by this dam is Lake Sakakawea. Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam (a common Teutonic word, compare to Dutch dam, Swedish and German damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up) is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow... The Missouri River and its tributaries N.P. Dodge Park, Omaha, Nebraska High silt content makes the Missouri (left) noticeably lighter than the Mississipi here at their confluence above St. ... State nickname: Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State Other U.S. States Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Governor John Hoeven (R) Official languages English Area 183 272 km² (19th)  - Land 178 839 km²  - Water 4 432 km² (2. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ... Lake Sakakawea is a reservoir on the Missouri River. ...

The dam is between Riverdale and Pick City, North Dakota. Garrison, North Dakota is named after the dam. Riverdale is a city located in McLean County, North Dakota. ... Pick City is a city located in Mercer County, North Dakota. ... State nickname: Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State Other U.S. States Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Governor John Hoeven (R) Official languages English Area 183 272 km² (19th)  - Land 178 839 km²  - Water 4 432 km² (2. ... Garrison is a city located in McLean County, North Dakota. ...

Hydropower turbines at Garrison Dam have a generating capacity of 515 megawatts of electricity. Their average production is 240 megawatts, enough for several hundred thousand people. Hydraulic turbine and electrical generator. ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ...

The Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is the world's largest walleye and northern pike producing facility and also works to restore endangered species, such as the pallid sturgeon. Binomial name Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818) This article is about the fish; for the terms related to the eye, see Iris (anatomy) and Strabismus. ... Species  E. americanus –       grass and redfin pickerels  E. lucius – northern pike  E. masquinongy – muskellunge  E. niger – chain pickerel   – Amur pike Esox Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. ... Species See text Sturgeon (Acipenser) is a genus of fishes, of which some twenty different species are known, from European, Asiatic and North American rivers. ...

External links

• Garrison Dam: A Half Century Later North Dakota Outdoors
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Garrison Dam
• Mandan. Hidatsa and Arikara Nation article on the Garrison Dam