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directly into Lake Gore with
Coobidge Creek supplying many of the surrounding lake systems. The maximum depth of Lake Gore is recorded as 2.02 m (7 ft) in 1986 when the lake was inundated but with a mean depth of 1.43 m (5 ft) and the lake has dried up several times the last being
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The lake is almost circular in shape and has several smaller lakes located to the west including Lake
Kubitch and Carbul Lake. A smaller lake, Quallilup Lake is located further to the south near Shelley Beach. The lake and its surrounds are situated in the Albany-Fraser
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on a sub-coastal plain. The lake itself is a sub-terminal drainage basin. The wetland area has a total volume of 30 km (7 cu mi) and a total catchment area of 1,140,000 km (440,156 sq mi).
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of which the lake is a part cover an area of 4,017 hectares (9,926 acres) and were recognised as being of international importance through designation under the
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of the lake water fluctuates between 7.1 and 9.4. The water quality and salinity levels are regularly monitored by local school students as part of the
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Lake Gore is part of Nature
Reserve 32419, set aside for conservation purposes. The Dalyup River flows into the eastern end of the lake. The
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but the
September mean is 52ppt. Salinity levels rise as the lake dries out in summer. The
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of the river varies depending on rainfall, the minimum salinity is recorded as 6.5
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664:"Department of Environment and Conservation - WA's Ramsar Wetlands"
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Seasonal freshwater in
Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia
427:(IBA) because it supports over 1% of the world population of
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and has also supported over 1% of the world populations of
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on 5 January 2001 as Ramsar Site 1049. The lake is also a
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The lake is recharged mostly via surface flow from the
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located approximately 24 km (15 mi) west of
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1199:Lakes of Goldfields–Esperance (Western Australia)
921:Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland
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419:. The Lake Gore system has been identified by
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690:"Search for a Nationally Important Wetland"
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1214:Important Bird Areas of Western Australia
565:"Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Lake Gore"
1052:Port Phillip Bay and Bellarine Peninsula
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511:"Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands"
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373:The wetlands support a narrow zone of
954:Cape Barren Island east coast lagoons
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612:"Southcoast Rivercare - Lake Gore"
587:"LakeNet Lake Profile - Lake Gore"
489:List of lakes of Western Australia
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1173:Hosnies Spring (Christmas Island)
640:. Birds Australia. Archived from
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906:Banrock Station Wetland Complex
291:. It is an important site for
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1090:Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes
782:Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps
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1168:Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs
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1163:The Dales (Christmas Island)
746:Australian Capital Territory
959:Interlaken Lakeside Reserve
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1105:Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
1022:Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
1204:Ramsar sites in Australia
994:Pittwater–Orielton Lagoon
802:Little Llangothlin Lagoon
738:Ramsar sites in Australia
544:Sites Information Service
381:, with an understorey of
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190:740 ha (1,829 acres)
160:Lake Gore Nature Reserve;
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479:Western Australia portal
792:Hunter Estuary Wetlands
634:"IBA: Lake Gore System"
182:2.5 km (2 mi)
174:2.5 km (2 mi)
1057:Western District Lakes
984:Lower Ringarooma River
974:Little Waterhouse Lake
911:Bool and Hacks Lagoons
777:Central Murray Forests
666:. 2005. Archived from
513:. 2009. Archived from
421:BirdLife International
214:10 m (33 ft)
198:1.4 m (5 ft)
103:33.77528°S 121.52333°E
1135:Vasse-Wonnerup System
1080:Becher Point Wetlands
407:for large numbers of
162:Lake Gore Ramsar Site
1209:DIWA-listed wetlands
1145:External territories
1120:Peel-Yalgorup System
1115:Ord River Floodplain
1037:Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes
850:Kakadu National Park
433:Australian shelducks
392:Schoenus brevifolius
312:sediments overlying
281:Goldfields-Esperance
206:2 m (7 ft)
108:-33.77528; 121.52333
70:Goldfields-Esperance
457:DIWA-listed wetland
425:Important Bird Area
401:Australian shelduck
379:saltwater paperbark
275:and semi-permanent
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1158:Coral Sea Reserves
1110:Muir-Byenup System
1100:Lake Warden System
878:Great Sandy Strait
837:Northern Territory
251:Reference no.
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1085:Eighty Mile Beach
1072:Western Australia
926:Piccaninnie Ponds
868:Bowling Green Bay
845:Cobourg Peninsula
807:Macquarie Marshes
453:Ramsar Convention
387:coastal saw-sedge
285:Western Australia
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873:Currawinya Lakes
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1153:Ashmore Reef
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1017:Corner Inlet
979:Logan Lagoon
964:Jocks Lagoon
797:Lake Pinaroo
754:Ginini Flats
694:. Retrieved
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668:the original
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515:the original
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417:banded stilt
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377:composed of
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349:levels. The
345:and has low
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335:Dalyup River
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211:Water volume
187:Surface area
140:Dalyup River
54:Location in
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1125:Roebuck Bay
883:Moreton Bay
827:Towra Point
812:Myall Lakes
537:"Lake Gore"
403:, and as a
299:Description
277:saline lake
171:Max. length
157:Designation
106: /
94:121°31′24″E
81:Coordinates
1193:Categories
860:Queensland
618:14 October
495:References
443:Protection
413:shorebirds
343:colourless
293:waterbirds
283:region of
243:Designated
223:References
203:Max. depth
179:Max. width
126:freshwater
91:33°46′31″S
1095:Lake Gore
931:Riverland
772:Blue Lake
365:program.
338:in 1984.
329:Hydrology
322:limestone
318:sandstone
289:Esperance
269:Lake Gore
152:Australia
124:Seasonal
48:Lake Gore
24:Lake Gore
1004:Victoria
941:Tasmania
674:31 March
593:31 March
571:31 March
549:25 April
521:31 March
463:See also
449:wetlands
385:such as
375:woodland
351:salinity
310:alluvial
273:seasonal
66:Location
969:Lavinia
648:26 July
638:Birdata
279:in the
696:6 June
692:. 2010
614:. 2004
589:. 2004
567:. 2009
542:Ramsar
423:as an
383:sedges
347:tannin
314:gneiss
306:Orogen
409:ducks
308:with
271:is a
147:Basin
698:2010
676:2009
650:2011
620:2010
595:2009
573:2009
551:2018
523:2009
435:and
411:and
389:and
320:and
254:1049
120:Type
355:ppt
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359:pH
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