Eucumbene Dam

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Eucumbene Dam is a major rock-fill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and impounding Lake Eucumbene for hydroelectric power generation and water storage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eucumbene Dam canonical 4
Eucumbene Reservoir Dam 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
rock-fill embankment dam ⓘ
connectedTo Adaminaby ⓘ
Tantangara Dam ⓘ
Tumut Pond Dam ⓘ
constructionBegan 1949 ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
crestElevation 1200 metres above sea level ⓘ
damType embankment ⓘ
rock-fill ⓘ
engineeringProjectOf Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Limited
hasAlternativeName Eucumbene Reservoir Dam ⓘ
linked to: Eucumbene Dam
hasBasinCountry Australia ⓘ
hasReservoirUse boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
trout fishing ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 116 metres ⓘ
impounds Lake Eucumbene ⓘ
length 579 metres ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Kosciuszko National Park ⓘ
locatedInRegion Snowy Mountains ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Eucumbene River ⓘ
near Adaminaby, New South Wales ⓘ
openingDate 1958 ⓘ
operator Snowy Hydro Limited ⓘ
ownedBy Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
partOf Snowy Mountains Scheme ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Scheme
partOfSystem Snowy-Murray development ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Hydro Scheme

Snowy-Tumut development ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
region Monaro ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 4798000 megalitres ⓘ
reservoirCatchmentArea 686 square kilometres ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Eucumbene ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 145 square kilometres ⓘ
riverCrossed Eucumbene River ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 3680 cubic metres per second ⓘ
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
usedFor flood mitigation ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Lake Eucumbene → createdBy → Eucumbene Dam ⓘ
Tantangara Dam → waterDivertedTo → Eucumbene Dam ⓘ
Eucumbene Dam → hasAlternativeName → Eucumbene Reservoir Dam ⓘ
linked to: Eucumbene Dam
Eucumbene River → impoundedBy → Eucumbene Dam ⓘ
Eucumbene River → hasInfrastructure → Eucumbene Dam ⓘ