Burrinjuck Dam

E303992

concrete gravity dam major dam

Burrinjuck Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in New South Wales, Australia, built on the Murrumbidgee River for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and flood mitigation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Burrinjuck Dam canonical	5
Burrinjuck Reservoir	1
Burrinjuck Reservoir Dam	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concrete gravity dam ⓘ major dam ⓘ
catchmentArea	approximately 12,000 km² ⓘ
constructionBegan	1907 ⓘ
constructionCompleted	1928 ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
createsReservoir	Lake Burrinjuck ⓘ
design	gravity dam ⓘ
engineeringSignificance	early large concrete gravity dam in Australia ⓘ
floodMitigationRole	reduces downstream flooding on the Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
generatesElectricityFor	New South Wales ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Burrinjuck Dam ⓘ surface form: Burrinjuck Reservoir Dam
hasFunction	environmental flow management ⓘ river regulation ⓘ
hasPowerStation	Burrinjuck Power Station ⓘ
hasRecreation	boating ⓘ camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ
hasReservoirName	Lake Burrinjuck ⓘ
height	approximately 93 m ⓘ
impounds	Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
length	approximately 233 m ⓘ
locatedIn	New South Wales ⓘ
locatedInBasin	Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision	Australian Capital Territory region (nearby influence) ⓘ
locatedInRegion	South West Slopes ⓘ
locatedNear	Yass ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
locatedSouthWestOf	Canberra ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Canberra ⓘ
managesFlowsTo	downstream Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
material	concrete ⓘ
nearLocality	Lake Burrinjuck ⓘ surface form: Burrinjuck
nearProtectedArea	Burrinjuck Waters State Park ⓘ
opened	1928 ⓘ
operator	WaterNSW ⓘ
owner	Government of New South Wales ⓘ surface form: New South Wales Government
partOfScheme	Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area ⓘ surface form: Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme
powerStationType	hydroelectric power station ⓘ
purpose	flood mitigation ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ water supply ⓘ
region	Riverina ⓘ
reservoirCapacity	approximately 1,026,000 ML ⓘ
spillwayType	gated spillway ⓘ
state	New South Wales ⓘ
usedForIrrigationOf	Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murrumbidgee catchment → containsWaterInfrastructure → Burrinjuck Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burrinjuck Reservoir

Murrumbidgee River → hasReservoir → Burrinjuck Dam ⓘ

Tantangara Reservoir → isUpstreamOf → Burrinjuck Dam ⓘ

Burrinjuck Dam → hasAlternativeName → Burrinjuck Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burrinjuck Reservoir Dam

Coleambally Irrigation Area → usesWaterFrom → Burrinjuck Dam ⓘ

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area → hasIrrigationSource → Burrinjuck Dam ⓘ