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Dams and water storages 1990

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Shows point location of large reservoirs in Australia owned by a public authority. Attribute information includes: -name of the dam wall and associated water body -name of the stream on which it is located -storage capacity and surface area of the water body -ownership -construction details of the dam wall. Data is captured from 1:1 million scale source material. Data is suitable for use in GIS applications. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia Currency: August 1990 Coordinates: Geographical Datum: AGD66 Format: ArcInfo Export, ArcView Shapefile and MapInfo mid/mif Medium: Free online and CD-ROM (fee applies)

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Title Dams and water storages 1990
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6038d5ba-a8cf-42d9-a558-8a484649517d
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Dams and water storages 1990". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/dams-and-water-storages-1990