Hyden Humps Dam

Hyden Humps Dam

Hyden Humps Dam is situated approximately twenty kilometres north of Hyden, Western Australia. The dam is filled with rainwater runoff which is channeled off the Humps mountain.The water source is now only used as a back up supply after the completion of the Great Southern scheme where water is piped through the wheatbelt region from the Harris River Dam.

ee also

*List of reservoirs and dams in Australia

References

* Serventy, Vincent. "Article on The Humps, a rock formation near Hyden" W.A. Naturalist Vol. 3, No. 6, 1952. also at "Research Note 552 - Battye Library".

External links

* The dam site can be seen on this map. [http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=hyden&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=-32.318763,118.957558&spn=0.050629,0.10849&t=h&om=1 Google Maps]
* [http://www.watercorporation.com.au/d/dams_storagedetail.cfm?id=37110 Dam storage level]


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