Wyangala Dam is a major gated rock fill with clay core embankment and gravity dam with eight radial gates and a concrete chute spillway across the Lachlan River, located in the south-western 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 Wyangala.
Wyangala Dam, near full capacity, 2012
Wyangala Dam, New South Wales, 1938
Wyangala Dam construction, November 1966
Wyangala Dam and Lake Wyangala, during a period of sustained drought in 2003
The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia.
The Lachlan River at Cowra
The Lachlan River at Oxley