NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lake Hume

Lake Hume is a large artificial lake on the Murray River formed by the Hume Dam. The lake lies on the border between New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. A few kilometres to the west is the border city of Albury-Wodonga. A holiday resort is beside the dam wall.

Categories: Lakes of Australia

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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Lake Hume (446 words)
	Lake Hume is an artificial lake in Australia formed by the Hume Weir east of Albury-Wodonga on the Murray River just downstream of its junction with the Mitta River.
	The Hume Power Station is a 58-megawatt hydro-electric power station is installed in the dam wall, and is primarily used for peak-load generation.
	Monitoring of the dam in the early 1990s revealed that the water pressure and leakage had caused the dam to move on its foundations slightly, leading to concerns that the dam was heading for collapse, threatening Albury-Wodonga and the entire Murray basin with it.

Grant Grove Visitor Center (1017 words)
	Hume Lake was built as a mill pond, and to supply water for a flume that floated rough-cut sequoia lumber from Converse Basin to the planing mill at Sanger, 54 miles away.
	Hume Lake is 12 miles north of Grant Grove.
	Hume Lake is the closest lake to Grant Grove for fishing and swimming.

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