Burrendong Dam

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Burrendong Dam canonical 7
Lake Burrendong Dam 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major dam
rock-fill embankment dam
basinCountry Australia
catchmentArea approximately 13,900 km²
constructionBegan 1958
constructionMaterial rock-fill
country Australia
crosses Cudgegong River (via backwater)
linked to: Cudgegong River

Macquarie River
damType embankment
designedForFloodMitigationOf Macquarie River floodplain
hasAlternativeName Lake Burrendong Dam
linked to: Burrendong Dam
hasNearbyFacility Burrendong Arboretum
Lake Burrendong State Park
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
Warren Weir
length approximately 1,116 m
locatedInBasin Murray–Darling Basin
locatedInRegion Central West, New South Wales
locatedNear Wellington, New South Wales
locatedOnRiver Macquarie River
managingAuthority WaterNSW
namedAfter Burrendong locality
opened 1967
owner New South Wales Government
partOfWaterManagementScheme Macquarie River water management system
providesIrrigationTo Macquarie Valley irrigation schemes
purpose flood mitigation
irrigation
town water supply
water storage
reservoirCapacity approximately 1,188,000 ML
reservoirName Lake Burrendong
state New South Wales
suppliesWaterTo Dubbo
Narromine
Trangie
Wellington
surfaceArea approximately 8,900 ha at full supply
upgraded for dam safety improvements

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

Lake Burrendong formedBy Burrendong Dam
subject linked to: Lake Burrendong (nearby)
Lake Burrendong formedByDam Burrendong Dam
Burrendong Dam hasAlternativeName Lake Burrendong Dam
linked to: Burrendong Dam
Macquarie River region hasMajorDam Burrendong Dam
Cudgegong River hasWaterStorage Burrendong Dam
Cudgegong River impoundedBy Burrendong Dam
Macquarie River hasDam Burrendong Dam