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Koombooloomba Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

m

The Koombooloomba Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Tully River at Koombooloomba, west of Tully and south, southeast of Ravenshoe in Far North Queensland, Australia. Built for the purpose of hydroelectric power generation, the dam creates the reservoir, Lake Koombooloomba.

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

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