Lake Burrendong

Coordinates: 32°40′S 149°8′E / 32.667°S 149.133°E / -32.667; 149.133
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Lake Burrendong
LocationNew South Wales
Coordinates32°40′S 149°8′E / 32.667°S 149.133°E / -32.667; 149.133
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsMacquarie River
Primary outflowsMacquarie River
Basin countriesAustralia

Lake Burrendong is the name of the impoundment created by Burrendong Dam on the Macquarie River in the central west of New South Wales.

The water of the Macquarie River and the Cudgegong River flow into the lake, which, when full, has a capacity of approximately 1,189,000 megalitres. Purportedly, three and a half times as much water as Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour).

FISHING


Further reading

  • Kingsford, R.T. & Thomas, R. F. in press, The Macquarie Marshes in Arid Australia and its Waterbirds: a 50 Year History of Decline, in press, Environmental Management 19