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Cedar Creek Reservoir
Location of Cedar Creek Reservoir in Alabama, USA.
Location of Cedar Creek Reservoir in Alabama, USA.
Cedar Creek Reservoir
Location in Alabama
Location of Cedar Creek Reservoir in Alabama, USA.
Location of Cedar Creek Reservoir in Alabama, USA.
Cedar Creek Reservoir
Location in the United States
Location Franklin County, Alabama
Coordinates 34°31′44″N 87°55′36″W / 34.52890°N 87.92667°W / 34.52890; -87.92667
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Cedar Creek
Primary outflows Cedar Creek
Basin countries United States

Cedar Creek Reservoir is a large reservoir located in Franklin County, Alabama (USA) along Cedar Creek.

Cedar Creek Dam is 96-foot high earthen dam for flood control and irrigation, completed in 1979 as a project of the Tennessee Valley Authority. No hydroelectric power is generated here.

The "cedar" in the name refers to the eastern juniper (Juniperus virginiana), mistaken by early European settlers for the Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus libani) mentioned in the Bible.

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