Mowamba River
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The Mowamba River is a river of the state of New South Wales
in Australia
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The Mowamba River is a right bank tributary of the Snowy River. This snow melt river enters the Snowy River approximately 2 kilometres downstream of Jindabyne Dam, in the Jinadbyne Gorge. This is the first major snow melt river entering the Snowy River below Jindabyne.
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On the 28th August 2002, the Mowamba Weir was "turned out" allowing environmental water to over top the weir. Environmental water releases occurred until January 2006. Since January 2006, environmental water releases to the Snowy River have occurred from Jindabyne Dam as the infrastructure upgrades to the dam wall had been completed.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The Mowamba River is a right bank tributary of the Snowy River. This snow melt river enters the Snowy River approximately 2 kilometres downstream of Jindabyne Dam, in the Jinadbyne Gorge. This is the first major snow melt river entering the Snowy River below Jindabyne.
Water Management
Water from the Mowamba River is diverted to Jindabyne dam via the Mowamba weir and aqueduct. The Mowamba Weir and aqueduct is part of the Snowy Mountains SchemeSnowy Mountains Scheme
The Snowy Mountains scheme is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia. It consists of sixteen major dams; seven power stations; a pumping station; and 225 kilometres of tunnels, pipelines and aqueducts and was constructed between 1949 and 1974. The Chief engineer was Sir...
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On the 28th August 2002, the Mowamba Weir was "turned out" allowing environmental water to over top the weir. Environmental water releases occurred until January 2006. Since January 2006, environmental water releases to the Snowy River have occurred from Jindabyne Dam as the infrastructure upgrades to the dam wall had been completed.