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Kinchant Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Kinchant Dam is an earth and rock-filled embankment dam across the north branch of Sandy Creek, in the locality of Kinchant Dam in the Mackay Region of North Queensland, Australia. Completed primarily in 1977, the dam created a 72,235-megalitre (2, 551.0×10^6 cu ft) reservoir, called Lake Kinchant for the purpose of irrigation.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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