Blowering Dam

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hydroelectric dam hydroelectric power station rockfill embankment dam

Blowering Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, forming Blowering Reservoir and playing a key role in hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and flood mitigation within the Murrumbidgee catchment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Blowering Dam canonical 9
Blowering Dam (nearby) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
rockfill embankment dam ⓘ
basinCountry Australia ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1964 ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
crestElevation 379 m AHD ⓘ
formsReservoir Blowering Reservoir ⓘ
hasFunction flow regulation on Tumut River ⓘ
hasOutlet irrigation outlet works ⓘ
hasPowerStation Blowering Power Station ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Blowering Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Blowering Reservoir foreshore
height 112 m ⓘ
installedCapacity 80 MW ⓘ
length 808 m ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
locatedInCatchment Murrumbidgee catchment ⓘ
surface form: Murrumbidgee River catchment
locatedInRegion Riverina ⓘ
locatedNear Tumut, New South Wales ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tumut River ⓘ
managedBy WaterNSW ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Kosciuszko National Park ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1968 ⓘ
operator WaterNSW ⓘ
ownedBy New South Wales ⓘ
surface form: State of New South Wales
partOf Snowy Hydro Scheme ⓘ
surface form: Snowy Mountains Scheme
partOfSystem Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area ⓘ
surface form: Murrumbidgee irrigation system
purpose flood mitigation ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation supply ⓘ
water conservation ⓘ
regionCode New South Wales ⓘ
surface form: NSW
reservoirCatchmentArea 1660 km2 ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 44.6 km2 ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 1631000 ML ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 102000 m3/s ⓘ
spillwayType uncontrolled concrete chute spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
typeOfEmbankment rockfill with clay core ⓘ
watercourse Tumut River ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Murrumbidgee catchment → containsWaterInfrastructure → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Tumut → hasAttraction → Blowering Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blowering Dam (nearby)
Murrumbidgee River → hasReservoir → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Tumut River → hasDam → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Coleambally Irrigation Area → usesWaterFrom → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Blowering Reservoir → hasNearbyLandmark → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area → hasIrrigationSource → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Snowy–Tumut Development → hasComponent → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Snowy Valleys Council → hasTourismAttraction → Blowering Dam ⓘ
Blowering Power Station → associatedDam → Blowering Dam ⓘ