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The largest reservoir in Tasmania is the 12,359-gigalitre (2,719 × 10 ^ 9 imp gal; 3,265 × 10 ^ 9 US gal) Lake Gordon in the South West region of the state, formed by the Gordon Dam. As of 2015 [update] , 44 per cent of all the dams in Tasmania were constructed for the purpose of generating hydro-electricity .
Reservoirs in the Australian Capital Territory (7 P) N. Reservoirs in New South Wales (1 C, 14 P) Reservoirs in the Northern Territory (1 P) Q. Reservoirs in ...
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5.1 Australia. 5.2 Fiji. 5.3 New Caledonia. 5.4 New Zealand. 5.5 Papua New Guinea. ... The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country.
The classification of a reservoir by volume is not as straightforward as it may seem. As the name implies, water is held in reserve by a reservoir so it can serve a purpose. For example, in Thailand, reservoirs tend to store water from the wet season to prevent flooding, then release it during the dry season for farmers to grow rice. For this ...
List of dams and reservoirs in Australia; A. Australian National Committee on Large Dams This page was last edited on 15 August 2019, at 04:13 (UTC). Text ...
One of these reservoirs is formed by the Thomson Dam on the Thomson River located about 130 km east of Melbourne in Gippsland, from where water flows through a 19 km long tunnel through the Great Dividing Range into the Upper Yarra Reservoir and then onto Silvan Reservoir for distribution as drinking water in Melbourne.