Tantangara Dam

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Tantangara Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in New South Wales, Australia, built as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme to store water for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation.

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Tantangara Dam canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
basin Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
basinCountry Australia ⓘ
catchmentArea 4600 square kilometres ⓘ
constructionBegan 1958 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createsReservoir Tantangara Reservoir ⓘ
designedBy Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Limited
engineeringProjectOf Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Limited
hasFunction flow regulation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
hasReservoirName Tantangara Reservoir ⓘ
hasType major dam ⓘ
height 45 meters ⓘ
length 216 meters ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
Snowy Mountains ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision South Eastern New South Wales ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Kosciuszko National Park ⓘ
locatedNear Adaminaby ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
managesRiver Murrumbidgee River flows ⓘ
nearNationalCapital Canberra ⓘ
opened 1960 ⓘ
operator Snowy Hydro Limited ⓘ
ownedBy Snowy Hydro Limited ⓘ
partOf Snowy Mountains Scheme ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Scheme
partOfSystem Snowy Mountains hydroelectric and irrigation complex ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Scheme
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation water storage ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ
region Snowy Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Mountains
reservoirCapacity 2540000 megalitres ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 5660 cubic metres per second ⓘ
spillwayType uncontrolled ogee overflow ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
usedFor Snowy Mountains hydroelectric system ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Scheme

irrigation supply to Murray and Murrumbidgee valleys ⓘ
usedIn inter-basin water transfer ⓘ
volumeOfDam 142000 cubic metres ⓘ
waterDivertedThrough Murrumbidgee–Eucumbene tunnel ⓘ
waterDivertedTo Eucumbene Dam ⓘ
waterSource Murrumbidgee River headwaters ⓘ
waterUse downstream irrigation ⓘ
environmental flows ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Tantangara Reservoir → formedBy → Tantangara Dam ⓘ
Eucumbene Dam → connectedTo → Tantangara Dam ⓘ