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Show 1 North Pacific 2 South Pacific 3 Great Basin 4 Colorado River 5 Missouri River 6 Lower Mississippi River 7 Western Gulf 8 Hudson Bay 9 Upper Mississippi River 10 Eastern Gulf 11 Ohio River 12 Great Lakes • St. Lawrence 13 South Atlantic 14 North Atlantic Undeveloped power Developed power by major drainage basins Source: Federal Power Commission POTENTIAL WATER POWER FIGURE 23. TABLE 7.-Potential hydroelectric power in the United States [Summary of developed, undeveloped, and potential power] i Plants of 2,500 kilowatts capacity and over. Source: Federal Power Commission. 241 Developed power Jan. 1,1950 Undeveloped power Potential power Drainages Num- Capacity ^™, ^ Capacity ™^n" *& Capacity «-p'| (kuowatts)i -sasr p"|- cS« -g&afo s <a» -^r ects hours) ects hours) ects hours) United States total .......___ 552 16,500,271 87,111,350 1,811 88,070,125 391,098,505 2,363 104,570,396 478,209,855 North Atlantic ____........____ 89 1,734,960 7,407,400 148 7,447,000 20,471,800 237 9,181,960 27,879,200 South Atlantic____................. 49 1,172,135 3,420,000 94 3,705,500 11,713,500 143 4,877,635 15,133,500 Eastern Gulf........______......... 17 576,823 2,781,000 60 3,153,990 12,799,600 77 3,730,813 15,580,600 Ohio River..................______ 46 2,996,405 15,131,500 96 6,853,100 27,087,900 142 9,849,505 42,219,400 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence_________ 103 1,192,233 7,817,400 125 3,243,700 17,744,000 228 4,435,933 25,561,400 Hudson Bay_______.....________ 1 4,000 19,000 10 20,200 91,300 11 24,200 110,300 Upper Mississippi River__________ 28 385,330 1,944,000 103 792,700 3,660,300 131 1,178,030 5,604,300 Missouri River_____.....________ 26 608,648 3,406,800 146 8,610,460 41,017,500 172 9,219,108 44,424,300 Lower Mississippi River__________ 8 301,300 964,000 91 4,355,500 12,842,700 99 4,656,800 13,806,700 Western Gulf-.........-......... 9 178,800 628,000 52 899,575 2,979,005 61 1,078,375 3,607,005 Colorado River........___________ 17 1,296,400 6,814,650 82 5,732,600 29,023,700 99 7,029,000 35,838,350 GreatBasin__......________....... 23 315,000 934,000 36 671,300 2,876,100 59 986,300 3,810,100 South Pacific____________________ 70 2,195,920 12,411,000 189 7,312,600 38,305,000 259 9,508,520 50,716,000 North Pacific........................ 66 3,542,317 23,432,600 579 35,271,900 170,486,100 645 38,814,217 193,918,700 |