Tumut River

Tumut River

      river, south New South Wales, Australia. It rises on the northwestern slopes of the Snowy Mountains and flows 90 miles (145 km) to join the Murrumbidgee River, east of the town of Gundagai.

      The Tumut River is a major part of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Project. Its upper reaches are impounded to create Tumut Pond Reservoir, which also receives water from the Tooma Reservoir on the Tooma River. Water can also be diverted back and forth between Tumut Pond and Lake Eucumbene through a 14-mile- (23-kilometre-) long tunnel, thereby adding to the Tumut River water from the Snowy and Murrumbidgee rivers. At Tumut Pond is the first of four hydroelectric-power stations.

      Below Tumut Pond is the second power station. Below that, the river widens into Talbingo Reservoir, which is impounded by Talbingo Dam. This dam, when built in 1971, was the highest dam in Australia (532 feet [162 m]); its power station is the largest in the Snowy Mountains project.

      Below Talbingo Reservoir, the river is again impounded by the Jounama Dam; there, water can be returned to Talbingo Reservoir or can be passed downstream to Blowering Reservoir, impounded by Blowering Dam. This reservoir serves mainly as storage for the irrigation of the Murrumbidgee River valley, but some of its waters pass through the river's fourth power station and on to the confluence with the Murrumbidgee River.

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