Nevada like many other states is landlocked, and nowhere near the coast. Even though there is not any major water bodies actually in the city of Las Vegas there are a couple just outside of it, Lake Mead being one of them. Lake Mead is in Clark County (the same county that Las Vegas is in) and holds 28.5 million acre feet of water. Lake Mead is one of the largest manmade lakes and reservoirs in the United States, and it gets its water from the closest major river, The Colorado River, through the Hoover Dam. Lake Mead, like many/most water bodies in the World, is drying up due to global warming, increased demand, and natural affects such as evaporation. The lake, as of May 2009, was only holding 43% of its capacity, and researchers have claimed that the lake may dry up within the next decade. Since May there have not been any significant changes to the water level in the lake, and due to the fact that the lake receives minimum rainfall every year I doubt that we will see a dramatic increase in the water level any time soon.
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