Lake Pieman

Lake Pieman
Lake Pieman Location in Tasmania
Location	West Coast, Tasmania
Coordinates	41°47′S 145°15′E / 41.783°S 145.250°E / -41.783; 145.250Coordinates: 41°47′S 145°15′E / 41.783°S 145.250°E / -41.783; 145.250
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Pieman River
Primary outflows	Pieman River
Catchment area	2,653 km² (1,024 sq mi)^[1]
Basin countries	Australia
Managing agency	Hydro Tasmania
Built	1986 (1986)

Surface area	222 hectares (550 acres)^[1]
Water volume	300,200 megalitres (10,600×10^⁶ cu ft)^[1]

References	^[1]

Lake Pieman is a man-made reservoir created by the damming of the Pieman River, located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

It is a long, narrow lake following the line of the Pieman River from Reece Dam back to Rosebery and the Bastyan Dam.

References

1 2 3 4 "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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Railways	Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas – Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Strahan–Zeehan Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness

Locomotives and rolling stock	TGR G class (1896) TGR K class

Railway stations and former railway stations	Queenstown Regatta Point Zeehan

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