Lake Argyle

Lake Argyle is Western Australia's largest and Australia's second largest freshwater man-made reservoir by volume. The reservoir is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and is located near the East Kimberley town of Kununurra. The lake flooded large parts of the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley on the Kimberley Plateau about 80 kilometres inland from t…
Lake Argyle is Western Australia's largest and Australia's second largest freshwater man-made reservoir by volume. The reservoir is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and is located near the East Kimberley town of Kununurra. The lake flooded large parts of the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley on the Kimberley Plateau about 80 kilometres inland from the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, close to the border with the Northern Territory.
  • Location: near Kununurra · East Kimberley, Western Australia
  • Primary inflows: Ord River, Bow River
  • Primary outflows: Ord River
  • Catchment area: 46,100 km² (17,800 sq mi)
  • Basin countries: Australia
  • First flooded: 1971
  • Max. length: 67 kilometres (42 mi)

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