Menindee Lakes

E627093

lake system water storage scheme wetland complex

Menindee Lakes is a large chain of shallow, man-made and natural lakes in far western New South Wales, Australia, known for water storage, irrigation, and as a key habitat for birdlife.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Menindee Lakes region	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lake system ⓘ water storage scheme ⓘ wetland complex ⓘ
basinCountry	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionCompleted	1960s ⓘ
constructionPeriod	1950s ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
distanceToBrokenHill_km	about 110 ⓘ
ecoregion	semi-arid inland New South Wales ⓘ
habitatFor	migratory birds ⓘ native fish species ⓘ waterbirds ⓘ
hasComponent	Copi Hollow NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Balaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Bijijie NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Cawndilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Emu NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Menindee NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Pamamaroo NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Tandure NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Wetherell NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalComponents	true ⓘ
hasStructure	Cawndilla Regulator NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Wetherell Regulator NERFINISHED ⓘ Menindee Main Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ Tandure Regulator NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	bird habitat ⓘ large-scale fish kills ⓘ water storage capacity ⓘ
locatedIn	New South Wales ⓘ far western New South Wales ⓘ
locatedNear	Menindee NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Darling River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managingAuthority	New South Wales Government NERFINISHED ⓘ WaterNSW NERFINISHED ⓘ
manMade	true ⓘ
nearbyCity	Broken Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedFor	Murray–Darling Basin Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	flood mitigation ⓘ irrigation supply ⓘ town water supply ⓘ water storage ⓘ
supportsActivity	birdwatching ⓘ boating ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ
usedBy	New South Wales irrigation districts NERFINISHED ⓘ South Australian water users ⓘ
watercourse	Darling River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Far West region of New South Wales → hasFeature → Menindee Lakes ⓘ

Wilcannia → hasNearbyAttraction → Menindee Lakes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menindee Lakes region

Menindee → locatedNear → Menindee Lakes ⓘ

Barkindji people → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Menindee Lakes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menindee Lakes region