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Lake Rosebery (Tasmania)

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Type
  
Reservoir

Primary outflows
  
Pieman River

Surface elevation
  
190 m

Outflow location
  
Pieman River

Etymology
  
Rosebery, Tasmania

Area
  
8.5 km²

Water volume
  
96.91 million m³

First flooded
  
1980

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Primary inflows
  
Murchison River; Mackintosh River

Surface area
  
850 hectares (2,100 acres)

Inflow source
  
Mackintosh River, Pieman River, Murchison River

Lake Rosebery is a man-made reservoir located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The reservoir was formed by the damming of the Pieman River by the Bastyan Dam by Hydro Tasmania, near the village of Tullah. Feeder rivers include the dammed Mackintosh and Murchison rivers.

Map of Lake Rosebery, Tullah TAS 7321, Australia

The diverted Emu Bay Railway line and the Wee Georgie Wood Railway line run close to the lake.

References

Lake Rosebery (Tasmania) Wikipedia