Hyden Humps Dam is situated at the southern base of The Humps, approximately seventeen kilometres (11 miles) north east of Hyden and fifteen kilometres (9.3 miles) north of Wave Rock.[1][2]

Water

The Hyden Humps Dam, seen from The Humps in 2020

The dam is filled with rainwater runoff which is channeled off the Humps mountain.[3]

Characteristics

The water source is now only used as a backup supply after the completion of the Great Southern scheme where water is piped through the wheatbelt region from the Harris River Dam.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Twidale, C R; Bourne, J A (September 2004). "Notes on the Geomorphology of the Humps, Near Hyden, Western Australia" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 87 (3): 123–133. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Gunn, R. G. (2006). "Mulka's Cave Aboriginal Rock Art Site: Its Context and Content" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 23: 19–41. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.23(1).2006.019-041. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hyden Rock Dam – Heritage Council of WA – Places Database". Heritage Council, Government of Western Australia. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2018.

Bibliography

  • Serventy, Vincent. Article on The Humps, a rock formation near Hyden W.A. Naturalist Vol. 3, No. 6, 1952. also at Research Note 552 - Battye Library.

32°19′22″S 118°57′30″E / 32.3227°S 118.95846°E / -32.3227; 118.95846 (Hyden Humps Dam)

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