Big Bend Dam with an annual production of 969 million kilowatt hours, and meets peak-hour demand for power within the Missouri River Basin. Located near Fort Thompson, South Dakota, just south of a major bend in the Missouri River (from which the dam takes its name), Big Bend Dam creates Lake Sharpe, named after South Dakota Governor Merrill Q. Sharpe. The lake extends for up the course of the Missouri River passing through Pierre, the State Capitol, to Oahe Dam, another major power-generating and flood control dam. Lake Sharpe covers a total of and drains an area just under . South Dakota Highway
Hiwassee Dam bend in the river known as Fowler Bend. The dam is upstream from Apalachia Dam (which is near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line) and downstream from Chatuge Dam. Hiwassee Dam and its reservoir are surrounded by the Nantahala National Forest. Hiwassee Village, a small community that developed alongside the dam and reservoir, is located immediately south of Hiwassee Dam. North Carolina State Highway 1314 (Hiwassee Dam Access Road) crosses the top of the dam. Hiwassee Dam is a concrete gravity overflow dam high and long, and has a generating capacity of 185,000 kilowatts. The dam's spillway is controlled by seven