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Lake Burragorang is a man-made reservoir in the lower Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, serving as a major water supply for greater metropolitan Sydney.[1]

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  1. 33 relations: ABC News (Australia), Australia, Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Burragorang, New South Wales, Carbon sink, Coxs River, Dam, Drought, Eraring Energy, Extreme weather, Greater Blue Mountains Area, Hawkesbury River, Hydroelectricity, Kowmung River, List of Blue Mountains subjects, Nattai River, Nepean River, New South Wales, Power station, Reservoir, Sydney, Sydney Catchment Authority, Sydney central business district, Sydney Desalination Plant, Tributary, Warragamba Dam, Warragamba River, Water supply, Wingecarribee River, Wollondilly River, World Heritage Site, Yerranderie, 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.

  2. Macarthur (New South Wales)
  3. Reservoirs in New South Wales
  4. Sydney Water

ABC News (Australia)

ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia.

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Burragorang, New South Wales

Burragorang or Burragorang Valley is a locality in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire.

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Carbon sink

A carbon sink is a natural or artificial carbon sequestration process that "removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere".

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Coxs River

The Coxs River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands, Blue Mountains, and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia. Lake Burragorang and Coxs River are Macarthur (New South Wales).

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.

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Drought

A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.

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Eraring Energy

Eraring Energy was an electricity generation company in Australia that was owned by the Government of New South Wales, and had a portfolio of generating sites using thermal coal, wind, and hydroelectric power.

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Extreme weather

Extreme weather includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past.

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Greater Blue Mountains Area

The Greater Blue Mountains Area is a World Heritage Site located in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.

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Hawkesbury River

The Hawkesbury River, or Hawkesbury-Nepean River (Dharug: Dyarubbin) a river located northwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Kowmung River

The Kowmung River (Gandangara: Barnalay), a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

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List of Blue Mountains subjects

This is a list of articles about the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia.

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Nattai River

The Nattai River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Nepean River

The Nepean River (Darug: Yandhai), is a major perennial river, located in the south-west and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Lake Burragorang and Nepean River are Macarthur (New South Wales).

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Reservoir

A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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The Sydney Catchment Authority was a statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales created in 1999 to manage and protect drinking water catchments and catchment infrastructure, and supplies bulk water to its customers, including Sydney Water and a number of local government authorities in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main commercial centre of Sydney.

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Sydney Desalination Plant

The Sydney Desalination Plant also known as the Kurnell Desalination Plant is a potable drinking water desalination plant that forms part of the water supply system of Greater Metropolitan Sydney.

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Tributary

A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.

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Warragamba Dam

Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed dam in the outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba, Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, Australia. Lake Burragorang and Warragamba Dam are Sydney Water.

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Warragamba River

The Warragamba River, a river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Macarthur region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Water supply

Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.

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Wingecarribee River

The Wingecarribee River (Aboriginal Dharawal: Winge Karrabee), a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury–Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Wollondilly River

The Wollondilly River, an Australian perennial river that is part of the HawkesburyNepean catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Yerranderie

Yerranderie is a ghost town located near Kanangra-Boyd National Park of New South Wales, Australia in Wollondilly Shire.

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2019–20 Australian bushfire season

The 201920 Australian bushfire season, or Black Summer, was one of the most intense and catastrophic fire seasons on record in Australia.

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See also

Macarthur (New South Wales)

Reservoirs in New South Wales

Sydney Water

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Burragorang

Also known as Burragorang Lake.