Lake Nagambie is a manmade
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
located in the
Goldfields region of
Victoria
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, Australia. The lake was formed by the damming of the
Goulburn River
The Goulburn River, a major inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine, Northern Country/North Central, and Southern Riverina regions of the Australian state of Victoria. ...
by the
Goulburn Weir
Goulburn Weir is a weir built between 1887 and early 1891 across the Goulburn River near Nagambie, Victoria, Australia. It was the first major diversion structure built for irrigation development in Australia. The weir also forms Lake Nagambie ...
. The town of
Nagambie
Nagambie is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The city is on the Goulburn Valley Freeway north of Seymour and in the Shire of Strathbogie. As of , Nagambie had a population of 2,254.
History
The Nagambie Region is w ...
is on its shores.
[, ''...The first regatta on Lake Nagambie was held on Thursday, the 26th January (Foundation day)...The lake...is; of comparatively recent formation, having been created by the construction of the Goulburn Weir...'']
See also
*
Lakes of Victoria
References
Lakes of Victoria (state)
Murray-Darling basin
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