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'''Off-stream''' refers to a [[body of water|water body]] or system that is not located in a [[streambed]] or does not receive significant natural flows from the surrounding [[drainage basin|watershed]]. For example, instead of moving water between [[lake]]s, an offstream [[pumped-storage hydroelectricity|pumped-storage hydroelectric]] system could use two large tanks of water. Another example is a [[reservoir (water)|reservoir]] that is not located on a streambed, and is supplied by a [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]], [[aqueduct]] or an adjacent stream. [[San Luis Reservoir]] is the largest off-stream reservoir in the [[United States]]. Although it is located on a small stream, it gets the vast majority of its water from the [[California Aqueduct]] by pumping aqueduct water up-hill into the higher elevation of the reservoir.
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