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Tantangara Dam - NSW

Central spillway and stilling basin

Stilling basin staff gauge

70% October 2016

Road conditions July 2016

At junction with Snowy Mtns Hwy

0% and trashrack high and dry Jan '07

Tunnel portal from inside trashrack

Spilling Oct '92

105% full and 40 cm over spillway

Tunnel entrance - 3 m diameter

Downstream face of the concrete gravity dam

Reservoir,Dam

Position

DEG: -35.79467 148.663086

DMS: 35º 47' 40.81" S 148º 39' 47.11" E

UTM: 55 H 6037549mN 650284mE

Altitude: 1256.06m

Address & Contact

2629

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Information

Concrete gravity dam on upper Murrumbidgee River completed in 1960 as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. An ungated overfall spillway descends 36 m down the face of the dam into the stilling basin. Water is diverted into a 3 metre diameter 16.6 km long tunnel emptying into Lake Eucumbene at Providence Portal. Water returns to the lower Murrumbidgee via 4 power stations on the Tumut River.
Trout fishing and camping in the cool alpine summer. Access to dam all year subject to snowfalls. Beyond dam the road to Currango Homestead is closed June to Oct long weekends.

PlaceID	77921

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cabramurra at 03/12:30am EST

Distance from Tantangara Dam 30.17km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
6.1°C	3.4°C	43%	-5.5°C	hPa	-mm	CALM	0km/hr 0knots	0km/hr 0knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cabramurra Smhea Aws

Distance from Tantangara Dam 30.17km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.6	20.9	17.5	12.9	8.7	5.3	3.8	4.9	8.7	11.9	15.8	18.2
Mean Min. °C	11.5	11.3	8.7	5.7	2.8	0.4	-0.9	-0.4	1.7	4.0	7.3	8.8
Mean Rain mm	43.7	85.3	80.3	66.8	77.3	112.2	110.0	129.3	130.6	104.4	111.8	82.8