Keepit Dam is a major gated mass concrete gravity dam with an earth fill abutment and a central gated concrete overflow crest and six radial gate spillways across the Namoi River upstream of its junction with the Peel River in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales Australia. The dam’s purpose includes flood mitigation hydro-power irrigation water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Keepit.
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point
length (km)
533.0
building start year
1939-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
country
Australia
height (cm)
55.0
vastest lake
Keepit_Dam__1
location
New South Wales, North West Slopes
opening year
1960-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
purpose
Flood mitigation hydro-power irrigation water supply and conservation
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