Lakes of Australia

Information about Lakes of Australia

Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare, due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.

Overview

Most lakes in Australia fall within one of three categories
  • coastal lakes and lagoons
  • lakes created by man-made dams for water storage
  • predominantly dry, salt lakes in the flat desert regions of the country lacking in organised drainage.
In Tasmania, due to glaciation, there are a large number of natural freshwater lakes on the central plateau, many of which have been enlarged or modified by hydro-electric developments.

A list of the notable lakes in Australia includes the following:

Coastal lakes and lagoons

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Tuggerah Lake as viewed from Kanwal, NSW

Human-created lakes

Salt lakes

Freshwater lakes

Tasmanian

Including those modified for hydro-electric schemes

Volcanic lakes

See also

lake (from Latin ligacus) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. A vast majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes.
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. Thus, the enclosed body of water behind a barrier reef or barrier islands or enclosed by an atoll reef is called a
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Salt Lake may refer to:

Cities, counties, towns etc.

  • Salt Lake, Hawaii, a neighborhood on the island of Oahu, Hawaii
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Salt Lake Valley, Utah
  • North Salt Lake, Utah
  • South Salt Lake, Utah

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Tasmania

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: Island of Inspiration; The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle
Motto(s): "Ubertas et Fidelitas" (Fertility and Faithfulness)

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Hobart
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glacier is a large, slow moving river of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water.
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Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower. Hydroelectricity now supplies about 715,000 MWe or 19% of world electricity (16% in 2003), accounting for over 63% of the total electricity from renewables in 2005.
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Location South Australia
Coordinates Coordinates:

Primary sources
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South Australia

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Slogan or Nickname: Festival State

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Adelaide
Government Constitutional monarchy
Governor Kevin Scarce
Premier Mike Rann (ALP)
Federal representation
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Lake Illawarra ([1]) is a large coastal lagoon, near the city of Wollongong about 100 km south of Sydney, New South Wales.
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Gippsland Lakes are a network of lakes, marshes and lagoons in east Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering an area of about 600 km sq, The largest of the lakes are Lake Wellington, Lake King and Lake Victoria.
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Victoria

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: "Garden State", "The Place to Be"
Motto(s): "Peace and Prosperity"

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Melbourne
Government Constitutional monarchy
Governor David de Kretser
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Location New South Wales
Coordinates Coordinates:

Basin countries Australia
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The Myall Lakes are a series of fresh water lakes on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia in Great Lakes Council. The lakes are adjacent to the coast about 250 kilometers north of Sydney.
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Tuggerah Lake is a large coastal lagoon on the Central Coast of New South Wales about 90 km north of Sydney. Tuggerah Lake is connected with the sea through a tidal channel called The Entrance. It is also connected with two smaller lakes, Budgewoi Lake and Munmorah Lake.
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Location Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
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Blowering Dam is on the Tumut River in Australia. It is part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Associated with the dam is the Blowering Power Station.

The dam was completed in 1968. It holds 1,628,000 megalitres (million litres).
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Burrendong Dam is a Rock-fill dam across the Macquarie River upstream of Wellington in New South Wales, Australia.

The dam impounds Lake Burrendong and is filled by the waters from the Macquarie and Cudgegong rivers.
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Copeton Dam is a 113 metres high, earth and rock fill embankment dam on the Gwydir River near Inverell, New South Wales, Australia. The dam was built by the New South Wales Department of Water Resources to supply water for irrigation and was completed in 1976.
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Location Victoria
Coordinates Coordinates:
Lake type reservoir

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Keepit Dam is a water storage dam on the Namoi River in New South Wales, Australia. Keepit Dam retains water from the Namoi River 13 kilometres upstream of its junction with the Peel River for flood control and irrigation.
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Coordinates 16°19′S, 128°43′E

Surface area approximately 1,000 km²

Water volume 5,797,000 megalitres

Lake Argyle (
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Location West Coast Range, Tasmania
Coordinates Coordinates:
Lake type reservoir
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Location Canberra
Coordinates Coordinates:
Lake type artificial lake

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Lake type Dammed water supply lake
Primary sources
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New South Wales

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State
Motto(s): "Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites"
(Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine)

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Sydney
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Location Southern Victoria

Lake type reservoir
Primary sources Goulburn River
Primary outflows Goulburn River

Basin countries Australia
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Victoria

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: "Garden State", "The Place to Be"
Motto(s): "Peace and Prosperity"

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Melbourne
Government Constitutional monarchy
Governor David de Kretser
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Location Snowy Mountains, Southern New South Wales
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Lake type
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Location New South Wales
Coordinates Coordinates:
Lake type reservoir

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