The lake is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) downstream of the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers and draws its flow from Frenchmans Creek, an anabranch of the Murray above Lock 9. The lake feeds back to the Murray River below Lock 7 via Rufus River.
The lake's capacity was increased in the 1920s when an embankment was constructed and regulators were installed to control the release of water.[1] It provides a storage of water to manage the regulated release of agreed minimum flows of water down the Murray into South Australia. Even though Lake Victoria is in New South Wales, it is operated by SA Water, the South Australian water authority, on behalf of River Murray Water, a division of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.[2]
When full, the lake holds 677 GL, covers an area of 12,200 ha, and has a maximum depth of about 5.5 m.[1]
lake, victoria, south, wales, lake, victoria, naturally, occurring, shallow, freshwater, lake, murray, catchment, part, murray, darling, basin, located, western, riverina, region, south, western, south, wales, australia, lake, victoriapaddlesteamer, landing, l. Lake Victoria a naturally occurring shallow freshwater lake of the Murray catchment and part of the Murray Darling basin is located in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales Australia Lake VictoriaPaddlesteamer landing at Lake Victoria ca 1925Lake VictoriaLocationFar West New South WalesCoordinates33 59 40 S 141 16 26 E 33 99444 S 141 27389 E 33 99444 141 27389Primary inflowsMurray River Darling RiverPrimary outflowsRufus RiverCatchment areaMurray Darling basinBasin countriesAustraliaSettlementsWentworthReferencesIBRA Riverina Lake Victoria embankment The lake is located approximately 60 kilometres 37 mi downstream of the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers and draws its flow from Frenchmans Creek an anabranch of the Murray above Lock 9 The lake feeds back to the Murray River below Lock 7 via Rufus River The lake s capacity was increased in the 1920s when an embankment was constructed and regulators were installed to control the release of water 1 It provides a storage of water to manage the regulated release of agreed minimum flows of water down the Murray into South Australia Even though Lake Victoria is in New South Wales it is operated by SA Water the South Australian water authority on behalf of River Murray Water a division of the Murray Darling Basin Commission 2 When full the lake holds 677 GL covers an area of 12 200 ha and has a maximum depth of about 5 5 m 1 See also edit nbsp New South Wales portal Rufus RiverReferences edit a b Lake Victoria Murray Darling Basin Authority Asutralian Government https www mdba gov au river information running river murray lake victoria Lake Victoria water storage for South Australia in NSW Discover Murray 2013 Retrieved 10 February 2013 nbsp This New South Wales geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lake Victoria New South Wales amp oldid 1147345133, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
