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Mowamba River Origin New South Wales Basin countries Snowy Australia Mouth elevation 860m The Mowamba River is a river of the state of New South Wales in Australia.
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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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 Scheme.
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.
See also
References
- "List of placenames ASSIGNED as RIVERs". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search?transaction=savefile&placename=&status=ASSIGNED&designation=RIVER&lga=None&map=&parish=. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
Coordinates: 36°27′S 148°39′E / 36.45°S 148.65°E
External links
Categories:- Rivers of New South Wales
- New South Wales geography stubs
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