Belmore Creek Dam

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The Belmore Creek Dam is an earth- and rock-filled embankment dam across Belmore Creek, located near Croydon, in north-western Queensland, Australia.

Completed in 1994, the dam is 15 metres (49 ft) high and 300 metres (980 ft) long. The result reservoir, Lake Belmore, has a capacity of 5,200 megalitres (4,200 acre⋅ft) and is primarily used for the supply of potable water to the town of Croydon. The reservoir is stocked with barramundi and redclaw crayfish.

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