Burrendong Dam
E623008
Burrendong Dam is a major rock-fill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, providing water storage, irrigation, and flood mitigation for the Macquarie River region.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
major dam
ⓘ
rock-fill embankment dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchmentArea | approximately 13,900 km² ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1958 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | rock-fill ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| crosses |
Cudgegong River (via backwater)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macquarie River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damType | embankment ⓘ |
| designedForFloodMitigationOf | Macquarie River floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Lake Burrendong Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
Burrendong Arboretum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Burrendong State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutletWorks | multi-level offtake tower ⓘ |
| hasRecreationActivity |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ |
| hasSignificantDroughtEvent | very low storage during Millennium Drought ⓘ |
| hasSignificantFloodEvent | major inflows during 2010–2011 floods ⓘ |
| hasSpillwayType |
gated spillway (after later upgrades)
ⓘ
uncontrolled concrete spillway ⓘ |
| height | approximately 76 m ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf |
Macquarie Marshes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warren Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1,116 m ⓘ |
| locatedInBasin | Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central West, New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Wellington, New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Macquarie River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAuthority | WaterNSW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Burrendong locality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1967 ⓘ |
| owner | New South Wales Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfWaterManagementScheme | Macquarie River water management system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesIrrigationTo | Macquarie Valley irrigation schemes ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood mitigation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ town water supply ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | approximately 1,188,000 ML ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Lake Burrendong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New South Wales ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo |
Dubbo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Narromine NERFINISHED ⓘ Trangie NERFINISHED ⓘ Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 8,900 ha at full supply ⓘ |
| upgraded | for dam safety improvements ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lake Burrendong