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Lake Mulwala, a man-made reservoir created through the construction of the Yarrawonga Weir across the Murray River, is located between Bundalong and Yarrawonga in Hume region of Victoria and Mulwala in the Riverina region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The weir was constructed in 1939 to provide water for irrigation in the ...
Mulwala: North: 180 miles (290 km) 1,155 miles (1,860 km) Yarrawonga Weir Lake Mulwala: 1992 km Boomanoomoona: 155 miles (250 km) 1,130 miles (1,820 km) Barooga:
Situated on Lake Mulwala, an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Murray River, it forms a "twin town" with the larger town of Yarrawonga across the border in Victoria. At the 2021 census, Mulwala had a population of 2,557 people. [1] The town's name is derived from an aboriginal word for 'rain'. [3]
Mulwala: Reservoir Murray River Murray River 6,600 16,000 [29] Murdeduke: Saline Western District Lakes 1,550 3,800| Nagambie: Reservoir Goldfields: Goulburn River: Goulburn River 170 420 [30] Narracan: Reservoir West Gippsland: Latrobe River Latrobe River 281 690 [31] Purrumbete: Crater lake: Western District Lakes Evaporation: 552 1,360 [32 ...
Four large reservoirs were built along the Murray. In addition to Lake Victoria (completed late 1920s), these are Lake Hume near Albury-Wodonga (completed 1936), Lake Mulwala at Yarrawonga (completed 1939), and Lake Dartmouth, which is actually on the Mitta Mitta River upstream of Lake Hume (completed 1979).
Yarrawonga's main attraction is Lake Mulwala, formed by the damming of the Murray River. The lake is a popular location for activities such as boating, kayaking and fishing. There are two crossings of the Murray between Yarrawonga and Mulwala; across the weir (Walking path only); and a bridge over Lake Mulwala. This bridge contains an unusual ...
Much of the water is supplied via the Mulwala Canal, flowing from Lake Mulwala. Water supply is provided by Murray Irrigation Limited, a company formed by the New South Wales government in 1995. Murray Irrigation purchases water directly from the New South Wales State Water Corporation. [1]
The Mulwala Canal is an irrigation canal in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, AustraliaIt is the largest irrigation canal in the Southern Hemisphere. [2] The canal, starting at Lake Mulwala, diverts water from the Murray River across the southern Riverina plain to the Edward River at Deniliquin.