Blowering Reservoir

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Blowering Reservoir is a major water storage and hydroelectric facility on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, used for irrigation, power generation, and flood mitigation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Blowering Reservoir canonical 5
Blowering Reservoir foreshore 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric facility
reservoir
water storage dam
basinCountry Australia
belongsToHydrologicalSystem Murray–Darling Basin
classification large reservoir
continent Australia
country Australia
energySectorRole renewable electricity generation
environmentalRole environmental flow releases downstream
floodControlRole attenuation of downstream flood peaks on Tumut River
formedByDamOn Tumut River
function regulation of Tumut River flows
hasCatchmentArea Tumut River catchment
hasHydroelectricPlant Blowering Power Station
hasNearbyLandmark Blowering Dam
hasType artificial lake
storage reservoir
hydroelectricPlantOperator Snowy Hydro Limited
inflow Tumut River
isMajorWaterStorageFor Snowy Hydro Scheme
surface form: Snowy Mountains Scheme
locatedIn New South Wales
locatedInLocalGovernmentArea Snowy Valleys Council
locatedInProtectedArea Kosciuszko National Park vicinity
locatedInRegion Riverina
Snowy Mountains
locatedOnRiver Tumut River
managingAuthority WaterNSW
namedAfter Blowering Station (pastoral property)
nearCity Tumut
operator WaterNSW
outflow Tumut River
partOf Snowy Hydro Scheme
surface form: Snowy Mountains Scheme
purpose flood mitigation
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
water storage
recreationalActivity boating
camping
fishing
region South West Slopes
riverSystem Murrumbidgee catchment
surface form: Murrumbidgee River basin
state New South Wales
supportsActivity inland fisheries
tourism
water sports
use recreation
waterManagementRole part of Murray–Darling Basin water infrastructure
waterSourceFor irrigated agriculture in the Murrumbidgee Valley

Referenced by (6)

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

Tumut River hasReservoir Blowering Reservoir
Blowering Dam formsReservoir Blowering Reservoir
Blowering Dam hasRecreationArea Blowering Reservoir
this entity surface form: Blowering Reservoir foreshore
Bogong Peaks Wilderness Area nearbyWaterBody Blowering Reservoir
Blowering Power Station associatedReservoir Blowering Reservoir