Lake systems
- Highland Lakes: the six Colorado River lakes in Central Texas run by the Lower Colorado River Authority, from Lake Buchanan down to Lake Austin.
- Colorado River reservoirs: the big Colorado River Basin reservoirs run by the Bureau of Reclamation, including Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
- Missouri River reservoirs: the six Missouri River mainstem reservoirs run by the Army Corps of Engineers, from Fort Peck Lake in Montana to Lewis and Clark Lake on the South Dakota-Nebraska line.
- White River lakes: the Army Corps lakes of the White River basin in Arkansas and Missouri, including Table Rock, Bull Shoals and Norfork.
- Cumberland River lakes: the Army Corps lakes on the Cumberland River and its tributaries in Kentucky and Tennessee, including Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow and Center Hill.
- Alabama Power lakes: the hydropower lakes Alabama Power runs on the Coosa, Tallapoosa and Black Warrior rivers, including Lake Martin, Weiss Lake and Lewis Smith Lake.
- Grand River Dam Authority lakes: the Grand River Dam Authority's lakes in northeast Oklahoma, Grand Lake and Lake Hudson.
- Chattahoochee River lakes: the Army Corps lakes on the Chattahoochee River, from Lake Lanier in Georgia down to Lake Seminole on the Florida line.
- Savannah River lakes: the three Army Corps lakes on the Savannah River between Georgia and South Carolina: Hartwell, Richard B. Russell and J. Strom Thurmond (Clarks Hill).
- Rio Grande reservoirs: the Rio Grande reservoirs from Elephant Butte and Caballo in New Mexico to Amistad and Falcon on the Texas-Mexico border.
- California reservoirs: California's largest reservoirs, run by the Bureau of Reclamation, the California Department of Water Resources and local agencies.