Large reservoirs have also been created by constructing hydroelectric stations.
This in turn blossomed in large reservoirs of creative risk capital.
So ice -- large reservoirs of it slightly below the surface -- might exist there.
The Tennessee and Cumberland rivers both have been dammed to form large reservoirs.
Of the various earthquake-causing activities cited above, the filling of large reservoirs is among the most important.
These factors notwithstanding, the filling of most large reservoirs has not produced earthquakes large enough to be a hazard.
Ten large reservoirs, partly or entirely artificial, supplied the scarce drinking water for the residents of Tikal.
The large reservoirs created over the decades as the dams were built have slowed and complicated their journeys, and slashed survival rates.
Dr Roger Musson of the British Geological Survey said the Aswan Dam was a good example of how large reservoirs could produce earthquakes in previously unaffected areas.
The waste is kept in large reservoirs that were covered with a layer of clay and two feet of sand and gravel as they were filled.
Artificial lakes and large reservoirs around the country — not to mention the many natural lakes — mean that millions of Americans are close to lake retreats.
