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Alaska has about 67 named artificial reservoirs,[C][1] approximately 167 named dams,[C][2]
and about 3,197 officially named natural lakes,[C][3][B] out of over 3,000,000 unnamed natural lakes.[4] For named natural lakes, see the list of lakes of Alaska.

  1. ^ "Reservoirs in Alaska". U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Dams in Alaska". U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Lakes in Alaska". U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Alaska Hydrologic Survey". Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

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