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Copeton Dam
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<p>Copeton Dam is a major clay core and rock fill <a href="/facts/Embankment_dam/9Mm3P4DM">embankment</a> <a href="/facts/Dam/BroJFhEI">dam</a> with nine radial gates and a gated <a href="/facts/Spillway/PBPNrfc2">concrete chute spillway</a> across the <a href="/facts/Gwydir_River/A9P8lK9R">Gwydir River</a> upstream of <a href="/facts/Bingara%2c_New_South_Wales/F8rSaayL">Bingara</a> in the <a href="/facts/New_England_(New_South_Wales)/8CTqDcuM">New England</a> region of <a href="/facts/New_South_Wales/aW7eJXSS">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>. The dam's purpose includes environmental flows, <a href="/facts/Hydroelectricity/zEeJIK2B">hydro-electric</a> power generation, <a href="/facts/Irrigation/RWX5PEgK">irrigation</a>, and <a href="/facts/Water_supply/1UuexMtl">water supply</a>. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Copeton. </p>