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Roxburgh Dam: History & Measurement

The Roxburgh Dam is the earliest of the large hydroelectric projects in the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies across the Clutha River / Mata-Au, some 160 kilometres (99 mi) from Dunedin, some 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the north of the town of Roxburgh. The settlement of Lake Roxburgh Village is close to the western edge of the dam.

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Roxburgh Dam topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Roxburgh Dam.

Related topics
57
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
61
Extracted relationships
24
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
61

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 39 topics
History · 11 topics
Design · 6 topics
Operation · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Contact Energy
Location
Central Otago, New Zealand
Annual generation
1,650 GWh (5,900 TJ)
Commission date
1956 − 1962
Construction began
1949
Construction cost
£24.1 million

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Design

Operation

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Roxburgh Dam connects Entity context

The extracted context around Roxburgh Dam shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Roxburgh Dam → 1,650 GWh (5,900 TJ) Another extracted example is Roxburgh Dam → 1956 − 1962. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Roxburgh Dam

Top relations

Annual generation · 1
Roxburgh Dam → 1,650 GWh (5,900 TJ)
Commission date · 1
Roxburgh Dam → 1956 − 1962
Construction began · 1
Roxburgh Dam → 1949
Construction cost · 1
Roxburgh Dam → £24.1 million
Coordinates · 1
Roxburgh Dam → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Creates · 1
Roxburgh Dam → Lake Roxburgh
Height · 1
Roxburgh Dam → 76 m (249 ft)
Impounds · 1
Roxburgh Dam → Clutha River / Mata-Au
Installed capacity · 1
Roxburgh Dam → 320 MW (430,000 hp)
Length · 1
Roxburgh Dam → 358 m (1,175 ft)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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Roxburgh Dam relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 24 structured relationships around Roxburgh Dam. Examples in this analysis include Roxburgh Dam → Annual generation → 1,650 GWh (5,900 TJ) and Roxburgh Dam → Commission date → 1956 − 1962. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Roxburgh DamAnnual generation1,650 GWh (5,900 TJ)1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamCommission date1956 − 19621.00infobox
Roxburgh DamConstruction began19491.00infobox
Roxburgh DamConstruction cost£24.1 million1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamCreatesLake Roxburgh1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamHeight76 m (249 ft)1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamImpoundsClutha River / Mata-Au1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamInstalled capacity320 MW (430,000 hp)1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamLength358 m (1,175 ft)1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamLocationCentral Otago, New Zealand1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamNormal elevation132 m1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamOpening date3 November 19561.00infobox
Roxburgh DamOperatorContact Energy1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamOwnerContact Energy1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamSpillway capacity4,248 m3/s (150,000 cu ft/s)1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamSurface area6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamTurbines81.00infobox
Roxburgh DamType of damConcrete gravity dam1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamWidth (base)61 m (200 ft)1.00infobox
Roxburgh DamWidth (crest)10.7 m (35 ft)1.00infobox
Roxburgh Damis aearliest of the large hydroelectric projects in the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Roxburgh Dam bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Power, Station and Clutha. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Roxburgh Dam
    • Power
    • Station
    • Clutha
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Line
    • River
    • Lake
    • Construction
    • South
    • Roxburgh
    • Water
  • roxburgh dam
    • Power
    • Station
    • Clutha
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Concrete
    • Line
    • River
    • Lake
    • Construction
    • South
    • Roxburgh
  • south island
    • Construction
    • Zealand
    • Power
    • Line
    • Work
    • Works
    • Government
    • Station
    • Generating
    • Lake
    • Would
    • Also
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    • New
    • Zealand
    • Roxburgh
    • Power
    • South
    • Lake
    • Dam
    • Would
    • Spillway
    • Site
    • Clutha
    • Two
  • clutha river / mata-au
    • River
    • Roxburgh
    • Diversion
    • Channel
    • Water
    • Power
    • Construction
    • Would
    • Station
    • Lake
    • Spillway
    • Two
  • roxburgh
    • Power
    • Station
    • Clutha
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Line
    • River
    • Lake
    • Construction
    • South
    • Project
    • Site
  • lake roxburgh village
    • Level
    • Power
    • Station
    • Clutha
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Line
    • River
    • Lake
    • Roxburgh
    • Work
    • Construction
  • new zealand railways department
    • New
    • Zealand
    • Roxburgh
    • Power
    • South
    • Lake
    • Dam
    • Would
    • Spillway
    • Site
    • Clutha
    • Two

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Roxburgh Dam, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Roxburgh Dam with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Roxburgh Dam — Overview · splits 22 ⟂ 40
Roxburgh Dam — History · splits 50 ⟂ 12
Roxburgh Dam — Design · splits 55 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Roxburgh Dam

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples24
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Roxburgh Dam to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Roxburgh Dam · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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