Thomson Dam
The Thomson Dam is a major Clay core and rockfill embankment dam with a Uncontrolled, Ogee-shaped overflow weir and chute spillway across the Thomson River, located about 130 kilometres east of Melbourne in the West Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Thomson River Dam”
Thomson Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.84103° or 37° 50′ 28″ southLongitude
146.40172° or 146° 24′ 6″ eastElevation
443 metres (1,453 feet)Open location code
4RJ85C52+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 185201407OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Thomson Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thomson Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “Thomson Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد نهر تومسون”
- German: “Thomson-Talsperre”
- Swedish: “Thomson Dam (dammbyggnad i Australien)”
- Swedish: “Thomson Dam, Australien”
- Uzbek: “Tomson to’g’oni”
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