Burrendong Dam

E623008

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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 ⓘ