Lake Benalla (), an
artificial lake
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located in
Benalla
Benalla
is a small city in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town sits on the Broken River (Victoria), Broken River, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. As of the , the population wa ...
in the
High Country region of Victoria, Australia, was created in the 1970s.
In 2010, more than one hundred residents surrounding the lake were evacuated from their homes at Benalla. The river peaked in the city at which was above its major flood level. A retaining wall built in approximately 1960 to ward off floods kept the flood water level under control.
The
Benalla Botanical Gardens are located on the shore of Lake Benalla.
The lake is crossed by the
Hume Freeway
The Hume Highway, including the sections now known as the Hume Freeway and the Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city National Highway (Australia), national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in ...
.
See also
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List of lakes of Australia
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Types
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References
Benalla
Benalla
is a small city in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town sits on the Broken River (Victoria), Broken River, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. As of the , the population wa ...
Benalla
Benalla
is a small city in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town sits on the Broken River (Victoria), Broken River, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. As of the , the population wa ...
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