Lake Eucumbene (pronounced you-come-been) is a man-made lake on the Eucumbene River in the Snowy Mountains of Southern New South Wales. The lake was created by the damming of the river as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The dam was built between 1956 and 1958. The Eucumbene River rises in the northern part of the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia, and flows south. ... Worldwind image of Snowy Mountains The Snowy Mountains (known for short as the Snowies) are the highest Australian mountain range and contain the Australian mainlands highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, which reaches 2228 metres AHD. They are located in southern New South Wales and are part of the larger Australian... The Snowy Mountains Scheme is a massive water diversion and storage scheme, taking water from the eastern slopes of the Australian Alps (part of the Great Dividing Range) in eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales through pipes, tunnels and aqueducts into a series of dams, for use in hydro... See also: 1955 in Australia, other events of 1956, 1957 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... See also: 1957 in Australia, other events of 1958, 1959 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ...

Eucumbene Dam is an earthfill dam 116 metres high and 686 metres thick at the base. It is the largest reservoir in the Snowy Mountains scheme Its storage capacity is 4300 million cubic metres, and is stated to be nine times the volume of Sydney Harbour.^{[citation needed]} Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. ...

Lake Eucumbene is connected by tunnels to the Snowy and Murrumbidgee Rivers, and to Tumut Pondage and Tantangara Dam. The Snowy River below McKillops Bridge The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern Australia. ... The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Human Environment

The town of Adaminaby was on the site proposed for the dam. Most of the buildings in the town relocated to a site on the Snowy Mountains Highway, but some buildings were not flooded and remain at Old Adaminaby which, along with Anglers Reach is a popular destination for fishing holidays for introduced trout. Main steet of Adaminaby, New South Wales Adaminaby () is a small town near the Snowy Mountains located north-west of Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy River Shire. ... The Snowy Mountains Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. ... Anglers Reach is a village in New South Wales, Australia in Snowy River Shire. ... Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Biwa trout, Oncorhynchus masou subsp Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ...

As of April 2007, the waters of Lake Eucumbene had receded so far due to drought that Adaminaby began to reveal itself after being underwater for over 50 years.

Lake Eucumbene pictured 5th November 2006

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References

• Snowy:Power of a Nation

Coordinates: 36°08′S, 148°42′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...