Lake Mitchell
| Lake Mitchell Southedge Dam, Quaids Dam |
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 47 '14 " S , 145 ° 18' 25" E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | -1986 | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 375 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 32.9 km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 9 km | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 6.5 km | ||||||||
| Storage space | 129 million m³ | ||||||||
The Lake Mitchell (also: South Edge dam or Quaid's dam ) is a dam in northeastern Australian state of Queensland on the upper reaches of the Mitchell River .
The lake 26 kilometers north of Mareeba has a capacity of 129 million cubic meters and covers an area of 32.9 square kilometers.
history
The reservoir has remained unused since its completion in 1986. It was built by the Southedge Daintree Pastoral Company and still belongs to them today.
Environmentalists write that the dam was built without a permit. Because it serves purely private interests and has harmful effects on the ecosystem of the entire river, they demand that it be removed and the natural flow of water enabled again.
Web links and sources
- Lake Mitchell - QLD - ExplorOz.com
- Lake Mitchell, QLD - Bonzle.com
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 14
- Photo of Lake Mitchell on Flickr
Individual evidence
- ^ Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Queensland - Mitchell River (QLD) . Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Australian Government ( Memento of February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Water Regulation 2002 - Schedule 12 . Queensland Consolidated Regulations ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Queensland Environment Groups (ed.): Draft Mitchell Water Resource Plan . Queensland Environment Groups' Submission into the Draft Mitchell Water Resource Plans. December 2006, p. 11 ( Document as PDF [accessed on July 20, 2014] "Southedge Dam was illegally constructed in 1986 by private interests and since construction has been used for stock and domestic purposes only." ). Document as PDF ( memento of the original from July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
