Tantangara Reservoir

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Tantangara Reservoir is a major water storage lake in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation.

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Tantangara Reservoir canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir
water storage lake
basinCountry Australia
connectedTo Eucumbene River
Lake Eucumbene
Snowy Hydro Scheme
surface form: Snowy Mountains hydroelectric network
constructionStart 1950s
country Australia
elevation high-altitude reservoir
formedBy Tantangara Dam
hasEnvironmentalIssue cold water releases
flow alteration
hasFunction support Murray–Murrumbidgee irrigation schemes
support Snowy Mountains power stations
hasInfrastructure intake structures
outlet works
spillway
hasRecreationActivity boating
camping
fishing
hasUse environmental flows
flow regulation
water storage
isComponentOf Snowy Hydro Scheme
surface form: Snowy–Murray Development

Snowy–Tumut Development
isUpstreamOf Burrinjuck Dam
Canberra reach of Murrumbidgee River
locatedIn Monaro region
New South Wales
Snowy Mountains
locatedInProtectedArea Kosciuszko National Park
locatedNear Adaminaby
locatedOn Murrumbidgee River headwaters
manMade true
operator Snowy Hydro Limited
partOf Murrumbidgee catchment
surface form: Murrumbidgee River catchment

Snowy Hydro Scheme
surface form: Snowy Mountains Scheme
purpose hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
region Snowy Mountains
surface form: Snowy Mountains region
state New South Wales
subjectTo environmental flow requirements
water allocation rules
usedFor inter-basin water transfer
peak electricity generation support
watercourse Murrumbidgee River

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Snowy Mountains contains Tantangara Reservoir
Snowy Hydro Scheme containsReservoir Tantangara Reservoir
Lake Eucumbene connectedTo Tantangara Reservoir
Tantangara Dam createsReservoir Tantangara Reservoir
Tantangara Dam hasReservoirName Tantangara Reservoir