Ord River irrigation scheme

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The Ord River irrigation scheme is a major agricultural development in northern Western Australia that harnesses the Ord River’s water through dams and channels to support large-scale irrigated farming around Kununurra.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural development project ⓘ
irrigation scheme ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Kimberley traditional owners ⓘ
associatedWithRiverSystem Ord River catchment ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1959 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
developedBy Australian Government ⓘ
Government of Western Australia ⓘ
economicRole major contributor to East Kimberley agriculture ⓘ
environmentalImpact altered flow regime of the Ord River ⓘ
creation of Lake Argyle wetland habitat ⓘ
governedBy Ord Irrigation Cooperative ⓘ
Western Australian Department of Water and Environmental Regulation ⓘ
keyTown Kununurra ⓘ
Wyndham ⓘ
locatedIn East Kimberley region ⓘ
Northern Western Australia ⓘ
locatedNear Kununurra ⓘ
mainCrops chia ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
fodder crops ⓘ
mangoes ⓘ
melons ⓘ
sandalwood plantations ⓘ
notableFeature one of Australia’s largest irrigation schemes by potential area ⓘ
phase Ord Stage 1 ⓘ
Ord Stage 2 ⓘ
planningStartDate 1940s ⓘ
purpose intensive crop production ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
regional economic development ⓘ
regionClimate tropical monsoonal ⓘ
riverUsed Ord River NERFINISHED ⓘ
stage1AreaIrrigated approximately 14,000 hectares ⓘ
stage2AreaIrrigated approximately 7,400 hectares ⓘ
supportsActivity broadacre cropping ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
large-scale irrigated farming ⓘ
pasture production ⓘ
seed production ⓘ
totalPotentialIrrigableArea over 70,000 hectares ⓘ
usesInfrastructure Diversion Dam at Kununurra ⓘ
Lake Argyle ⓘ
Ord River Dam ⓘ
network of irrigation channels ⓘ
pumping stations ⓘ
waterSource Lake Argyle ⓘ
Ord River NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Kununurra → knownFor → Ord River irrigation scheme ⓘ
Kununurra → waterInfrastructure → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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Ord River → knownFor → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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Ord River → isSubjectOf → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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Ord River estuary → affectedBy → Ord River irrigation scheme ⓘ
Ord River region → associatedWithProject → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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Ord River region → associatedWithProject → Ord River Scheme Stage 2 (Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project) ⓘ
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Lake Argyle Dam → partOf → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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Lake Kununurra → partOf → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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Lake Kununurra → createdFor → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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Lake Argyle → partOf → Ord River Irrigation Scheme ⓘ
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