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Additionally, the dam has a further flood mitigation capacity of 480,000 megalitres (17,000 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft). [1] The spillway on the dam is a gated concrete chute with a release capacity of 13,720 cubic metres per second (485,000 cu ft/s). [9] Burrendong Dam has three times been recorded at a critically low level of 1.5% in drought.
Lake Burrendong is a man-made reservoir created by Burrendong Dam. [1] It impounds waters on the Macquarie and Cudgegong rivers, near Wellington , in the central west region of New South Wales , Australia .
Tasmania's Gordon Dam, one of the largest in Australia, was constructed in the 1970s. It has a catchment area of 1,280 km2 (494 sq mi). It has a catchment area of 1,280 km2 (494 sq mi). Dams and reservoirs in Australia is a link page for any dam or reservoir in Australia.
Lake Burrendong is a large reservoir with capacity of 1,190,000 megalitres (42,000 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) located near Wellington which impounds the waters of the Wambuul Macquarie River and its tributaries the Cudgegong River and the Turon River for flood control and irrigation.
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Examples of highly managed reservoirs are Burrendong Dam in Australia and Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) in North Wales. Bala Lake is a natural lake whose level was raised by a low dam and into which the River Dee flows or discharges depending upon flow conditions, as part of the River Dee regulation system.
Emergency officials warned in a 6 p.m. ET Facebook post that Lake Lure Dam water levels are now receding. Emergency personnel have rescued more than 25 people through "swift water rescue."
Carcoar Dam; Cataract Dam; Centennial Park Reservoir; Chaffey Dam; Chatswood Reservoirs No. 1 and No. 2; Chichester Dam; Clarrie Hall Dam; Cochrane Dam (New South Wales) Copeton Dam; Cordeaux Dam; Crown Street Reservoir