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Hume Dam
Hume Dam
, formerly the
Hume Weir
, is a major dam across the
Murray River
downstream of its junction with the
Mitta River
in the
Riverina
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 Hume
, formerly the
Hume Reservoir
. It is a gated
concrete gravity
dam
with four
earth embankments
and twenty-nine vertical undershot gated concrete overflow spillways.
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