Moondarra Dam

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Moondarra Dam is a major water storage and irrigation structure in Queensland, Australia, built to supply water to the nearby city of Mount Isa and its mining operations.

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Moondarra Dam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
catchmentArea about 1,500 square kilometres ⓘ
constructionCost about 1.7 million pounds ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1956 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
damType concrete-faced rockfill dam ⓘ
distanceFrom about 17 kilometres north-east of Mount Isa ⓘ
elevation about 380 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasAccessRoad Lake Moondarra Road ⓘ
hasFishSpecies arowana (saratoga) ⓘ
barramundi ⓘ
sleepy cod ⓘ
sooty grunter ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Mount Isa ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Lake Moondarra ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hostsEvent Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic ⓘ
isPartOf Mount Isa water supply scheme ⓘ
locatedIn Queensland ⓘ
locatedInLocalGovernmentArea City of Mount Isa ⓘ
linked to: Mount Isa
locatedInRegion North West Queensland ⓘ
locatedNear Mount Isa ⓘ
managingAuthorityType statutory authority ⓘ
namedAfter Moondarra pastoral station ⓘ
openingDate 1958 ⓘ
operator Mount Isa Water Board ⓘ
owner Mount Isa Water Board ⓘ
purpose industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
mining water supply ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
region Outback Queensland ⓘ
regionClimate semi-arid ⓘ
spillwayType uncontrolled concrete spillway ⓘ
storageCapacity about 107,000 megalitres ⓘ
suppliesSector copper mining ⓘ
lead mining ⓘ
zinc mining ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Mount Isa ⓘ
Mount Isa Mines ⓘ
surfaceArea about 2,300 hectares ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
watercourseDammed Leichhardt River ⓘ

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Lake Moondarra → formedBy → Moondarra Dam ⓘ