Lake Rowallan

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Lake Rowallan
Location: Tasmania , Australia
Tributaries: Mersey River , Fish River
Drain: Mersey River
Larger places on the shore: Rowallan
Lake Rowallan (Tasmania)
Lake Rowallan
Coordinates 41 ° 46 '58 "  S , 146 ° 12' 31"  E Coordinates: 41 ° 46 '58 "  S , 146 ° 12' 31"  E
Data on the structure
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 480  m
Water surface 9.4 km²
Reservoir length 10.5 km
Reservoir width 1.5 km

The Rowallan Power Station is an artificial lake in the center of the Australian state of Tasmania .

It is located on the upper reaches of the Mersey River between the northern part of the Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park and the northern part of the Walls of Jerusalem National Park . In it the Fish River flows into the Mersey River.

At its northern end, below the dam, is the Rowallan settlement .

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