Lake Pieman

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°ECoordinates: 41°47′S 145°15′E / 41.783°S 145.250°E
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
Surface area	222 hectares (550 acres)[1]
Water volume	300,200 megalitres (243,400 acre⋅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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Lakes and other bodies of water in Tasmania, Australia
Coastal lagoons and lakes	Bronte Dulverton Jocks Orielton Little Waterhouse
Freshwater	Beatrice Dora Edgar Flannigan Great Meston Pedder (originally natural; since flooded) St Clair
Glacial	Dove Selina Westwood
Salt	Fidler (Meromictic)
Man-made reservoirs	Burbury Gordon Mackenzie Mackintosh Margaret Murchison Pedder (originally natural; since flooded) Pieman Rosebery

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 (243,400 acre⋅ft)^[1]

References	^[1]