Tantangara Reservoir
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Tantangara Reservoir | |
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Location | New South Wales |
Coordinates | [1] |
Lake type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Murrumbidgee River |
Primary outflows | Murrumbidgee River |
Basin countries | Australia |
Water volume | 254 GL |
References | [1] |
Tantangara Reservoir (also known as Tantangara Dam) is a dam constructed as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in New South Wales, Australia.
Tantangara Reservoir was constructed between 1958 and 1960. It is a concrete gravity dam with a wall height of 45 metres and a crest length of 216 metres. Its capacity is 254 GL. It is located on the Murrumbidgee River, some 6 km downstream of its confluence with Gurrangorambla Creek and is wholly within Kosciuszko National Park.
[edit] References
- Tantangara Option, ACTEW Corporation and SMEC, Canberra, February 2005
- ^ a b Tantangara Reservoir. Place Names Search. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.