Dams and water storages 1990  


Authors / CoAuthors

Abstract

Shows point location of large reservoirs in Australia owned by a public authority. Attribute information includes: -name of the dam wall and associated water body -name of the stream on which it is located -storage capacity and surface area of the water body -ownership -construction details of the dam wall. Data is captured from 1:1 million scale source material. Data is suitable for use in GIS applications. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia Currency: August 1990 Coordinates: Geographical Datum: AGD66 Format: ArcInfo Export, ArcView Shapefile and MapInfo mid/mif Medium: Free online and CD-ROM (fee applies)

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

42358

Contact for the resource

  Custodian

EGD  

  Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  

  Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

  • GIS DatasetThematic
( Theme )
  • GIS
( Theme )
  • mapping
( Theme )
  • water resources
( Theme )
  • environmental
( Theme )
  • National dataset
( Theme )
  • dataset
  • AU
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Published_External

Publication Date

1990-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - license

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

unknown

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

Data have been gathered from a variety of sources including: - State water authorities and other agencies' registers of dams; - Geoscience Australia's 1:100 000 and 1:250 000 topographic maps; - Various larger scale specialist maps and plans; - Annual Reports; and - Numerous private industry publications including journals and newspapers. Combining information gleaned from all the above sources, the latitude/longitude of each was calculated and added directly into the database. Depending on the detail of the source information, the calculated value was to the nearest minute at worst and second at best.

Parent Information

Extents

[-44, -9, 112, 154]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

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