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Lake Norman, created between 1959 and 1964 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lake Norman State Park )〕 as part of the construction of the Cowans Ford Dam by Duke Energy, is the largest manmade body of fresh water located in North Carolina.〔(Lake Norman The Largest Lake in North Carolina? )〕 ==General Information== Lake Norman is fed by the Catawba River, and drains into Mountain Island Lake to the south. It was named after former Duke Power president Norman Atwater Cocke. Lake Norman is sometimes referred to as the "inland sea" of North Carolina; it offers of shoreline and a surface area of more than . Full pond at Lake Norman is above mean sea level. Interstate 77 and North Carolina Highway 150 cross Lake Norman at different points. Lake Norman provides electricity to the Piedmont region of the Carolinas. It powers the generators at the hydroelectric station at Cowans Ford Dam, and is used by Marshall Steam Station and McGuire Nuclear Station to cool the steam that drives their turbines. The lake supplies water to Lincoln County, Catawba County, Iredell County, Mooresville, Charlotte, and other towns in Mecklenburg County, particularly Davidson and Huntersville. Duke Power partnered with the state of North Carolina to establish Lake Norman State Park. It has also built two bank fishing areas and eight public boating access areas along the shoreline. One site is leased to Mecklenburg County and one to Iredell County. Popular game fish in Lake Norman include catfish, crappie, bluegill and yellow perch, as well as striped, largemouth, white bass along with multiple types of turtles. On December 11, 2014, Duke Energy, to repair a rusted, leaking pipe, received approval from North Carolina to dump Coal Ash (containing arsenic, lead, thallium and mercury, among other heavy metals) from the Marshall Steam Station into Lake Norman.〔http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/duke-to-repair-leaky-pipe-at-coal-ash-dump-in/article_2bd33b10-8185-11e4-989c-e347c5127e28.html〕 Groundwater at the Marshall Steam Station does flow toward Lake Norman, and the contaminated field abuts the lake for about 30 feet of shoreline near its largest coal ash basin.〔http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/energy/2015/09/duke-energy-completes-groundwater-contamination.html〕 On October 3, 2015, Duke reported that a sinkhole had formed at the base of the Marshall Steam Station dam north of Charlotte on Lake Norman. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) says Duke placed a liner in the hole and filled it with crushed stone.〔http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/energy/2015/10/weekend-storm-impacts-dams-at-duke-energy-coal.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-10-05&u=jFGEoJyeJYHFwZ4W/oMBM4H/9NF&t=1444074616〕 Lake Norman is also the location for one of the International Jet Sport Boats Association (IJSBA) tour stops. Team Tweek, a race team headquartered in Mooresville, helps promote and coordinate the annual event. Lake Norman is also the location of Lake Norman Yacht Club which is the host of many South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association (SAYRA) sailboat races throughout the year. Davidson College also owns and operates a "Lake Campus" for students on Lake Norman. Year Built: 1959-1964 Area: 32,510 acres at full pond Length: 33.6 miles Width: 9 miles Shore line length: 520 miles Maximum Depth: 110 feet Average Depth: 33.5 feet Maximum Drawdown: 15 feet Capacity: 3.4 trillion gallons of water Volume: 1,093,600 acre-feet Elevation at full pond: 760 feet above MSL Retention Time: 207 days (average) Drainage Area: 1,790 square miles Average River Flow @ Cowans Ford Dam: 1,726 MGD Named for: Norman Atwater Cocke (former president of Duke Power) Source of the Catawba River: McDowell County near Mount Mitchell 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Norman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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