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in 1989, and listed on 11 December 1990 as Ramsar site 512, one of two such sites on the island and the smallest in the world. In 2010 a proposal was made to increase the area of the Ramsar site to 202 ha. Justification for its Ramsar designation is because it:
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Information Sheet on Ramsar
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178:and 120 m inland from the seaward cliff.
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972:Australian protected area stubs
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765:Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes
457:Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps
123:Christmas Island National Park
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967:Geography of Christmas Island
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107:Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
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421:Australian Capital Territory
163:emerging from the base of a
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140:Although some restricted
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882:10.47778°S 105.69167°E
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649:Little Waterhouse Lake
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452:Central Murray Forests
294:Annotated Ramsar List.
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308:Anon (29 June 1998).
887:-10.47778; 105.69167
820:External territories
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790:Ord River Floodplain
712:Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes
525:Kakadu National Park
369:on 19 September 2011
349:on 11 September 2023
196:Bruguiera gymnorhiza
18:Hosnie's Spring
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371:. Retrieved
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558:Moreton Bay
502:Towra Point
487:Myall Lakes
314:. Canberra.
148:Description
956:Categories
870:10°28′40″S
535:Queensland
225:References
154:freshwater
99:Australian
57:Designated
770:Lake Gore
606:Riverland
447:Blue Lake
320:cite book
207:Bruguiera
192:mangroves
142:phosphate
119:ecosystem
81:formerly
679:Victoria
616:Tasmania
256:25 April
211:diameter
169:uplifted
161:seepages
644:Lavinia
373:2 April
353:5 April
302:Sources
188:springs
157:streams
113:History
91:wetland
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249:Ramsar
167:on an
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230:Notes
219:crabs
215:birds
165:cliff
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375:2010
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258:2018
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