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Tooms Lake is a rural locality and a lake in the local government areas (LGA) of Northern Midlands, Southern Midlands, and Glamorgan-Spring Bay in the Central and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 47 kilometres (29 mi) north of the town of Triabunna. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Tooms Lake.The lake is artificial and shallow, covering 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi).The lake was once a wetland and was an Aboriginal meeting place. The indigenous name for this place was moyantaliah (moy.en.tel.eea).The lake can hold 25.362 gigaliters of water. The catchment area is 60.2 km2. It is drained by the Tooms River, which flows into the Macquarie River. The lake is reached by the gravel Tooms Lake Road, 83 km from Hobart. Seaplanes land on the lake several times per year.The lake is used for recreational fishing, for brown and rainbow trout.

Brown trout were introduced in 1904 and rainbow trout were released around 1908. Trout are usually 1 to 1+1⁄2 kg (2.2 to 3.3 lb) with the largest 2+1⁄2 kg (5.5 lb).

Kuth Energy is drilling a geothermal energy exploration borehole in the area called Tooms1.Other creatures found in Tooms Lake are Galaxias maculatus or jollytail.
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