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Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare, due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.1 Overview
Most lakes in Australia fall within one of three categories
- coastal lake s and lagoons
- lakes created by man-made dams for water storage
- predominantly dry, salt lakes in the flat desert regions of the country lacking in organised drainage.
In Tasmania, due to glaciation, there are a large number of natural freshwater lakes on the central plateau, many of which have been enlarged or modified by hydro-electric developments.
A list of the notable lakes in Australia follows.
2 Coastal lakes and lagoons
3 Human-created lakes
- Lake Burragorang in New South WalesNew South Wales NSW is Australia's most populous and oldest state, located in the southeast, north of Victoria. It was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland. During the 19th century large areas were successively separate
- Lake Eucumbene
- Lake Jindabyne
- Lake Burley GriffinLake Burley Griffin is a large lake in the centre of the Australian federal capital city of Canberra. It was created in 1963 after the Molonglo River, which runs through the city centre, was dammed. It is named after Walter Burley Griffin, the architect w
- Lake Burrinjuck
- Blowering Dam
- Lake Moondarra near Mount IsaMount Isa is a city located in north western Queensland, Australia. It came into existence for the single reason that underneath it and around it, there are vast mineral deposits to be extracted, principally by mining. The city can be said to have come in
- Carcoar Dam
- Burrendong Dam
- Keepit DamKeepit Dam is a water storage dam on the Namoi River in New South Wales, Australia. Keepit Dam retains water from the Namoi River and Peel River for flood control and irrigation. It is also used for local recreation, fishing and water skiing. It is locate
- Copeton Dam
- Lake Glenbawn
- Lake EildonLake Eildon and the Eildon National Park. Note the water level''. Lake Eildon is the impoundment created by Eildon Weir on the Goulburn River in southern Victoria, Australia. At 3,390,000 ML when full, it contains six times as much water as Sydney Harbour in Victoria (Australia)
- Lake Dartmount
- Lake Argyle in Western AustraliaWestern Australia State flag ( In detail) Coat of Arms ( In detail) Capital Perth Governor HE Lieutenant General John Sanderson Premier Dr Geoff Gallop Area — Land — Marine — Total 2 529 875 km˛ 115 740 km˛ 2 645 615 km˛ Population Density 1 952 280 (2003
- Wyangala Dam
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