Kangaroo Creek Reservoir
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| Kangaroo Creek Reservoir | |
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| File:Kangaroo Creek Spillway (2005-11-09).jpg
Reservoir spillway overflowing in November 2005
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| Location | South Australia |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | River Torrens, Kangaroo Creek |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Surface area | 1.03 km² |
| Water volume | 19,160 megalitres |
Kangaroo Creek Reservoir is a 19,160 megalitre artificial water storage reservoir in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It was built from 1966 to 1969, by damming the River Torrens west of Cudlee Creek. The stored water is used to maintain the Hope Valley Reservoir's level via discharge through the Torrens. Water is held back by a 131 metres (430 ft) long, 65 m (213 ft) high concrete clad, rock filled dam wall.[1]
It is named after Kangaroo Creek, a tributary of the Torrens with a 18 km2 (7 sq mi) drainage basin, which enters the reservoir on its southern side.[2]
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