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permanent flooding following dam construction. The lakes are deep and there are large areas of open water without aquatic plants. The large fluctuation in water levels in Lake Argyle has prevented vegetation establishment along most of the shoreline. However, because water levels are stable in Lake
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on the Ord River was completed in 1963 as the first stage of the Ord River
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Water levels in Lake Argyle fluctuate annually by about 3 metres (9.8 ft) but those in Lake
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521:. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. 4 January 2000. Archived from
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611:Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar Site – map
223:reservoirs, with their associated permanent
219:comprises an extensive system of artificial
251:on 7 June 1990, making it Ramsar Site 478.
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519:"The Annotated Ramsar List: Australia"
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863:Cape Barren Island east coast lagoons
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1108:Reservoirs in Western Australia
815:Banrock Station Wetland Complex
999:Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes
691:Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps
311:diamond mining and exploration
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1077:Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs
1123:Kununurra, Western Australia
1072:The Dales (Christmas Island)
655:Australian Capital Territory
545:"Lakes Argyle and Kununurra"
384:(with up to 6,000 counted),
372:The lakes form an important
868:Interlaken Lakeside Reserve
231:in the eastern part of the
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1014:Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
931:Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
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239:. The reservoirs include
185:Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
18:Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
1113:Ramsar sites in Australia
903:Pittwater–Orielton Lagoon
711:Little Llangothlin Lagoon
647:Ramsar sites in Australia
552:Sites Information Service
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390:wandering whistling duck
366:Lophostemon grandiflorus
227:, formed by damming the
701:Hunter Estuary Wetlands
444:, and large numbers of
966:Western District Lakes
893:Lower Ringarooma River
883:Little Waterhouse Lake
820:Bool and Hacks Lagoons
686:Central Murray Forests
339:broad-leaved paperbark
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989:Becher Point Wetlands
446:freshwater crocodiles
394:plumed whistling duck
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1054:External territories
1029:Peel-Yalgorup System
1024:Ord River Floodplain
946:Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes
759:Kakadu National Park
525:on 19 September 2011
307:tropical agriculture
279:Freshwater crocodile
271:Rakali, or water-rat
426:comb-crested jacana
235:region of northern
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1019:Muir-Byenup System
1009:Lake Warden System
787:Great Sandy Strait
746:Northern Territory
482:Environment portal
438:black flying-foxes
402:Pacific black duck
354:Nauclea orientalis
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777:Bowling Green Bay
754:Cobourg Peninsula
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418:green pygmy goose
249:Ramsar Convention
237:Western Australia
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590:. Retrieved
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736:Towra Point
721:Myall Lakes
382:glossy ibis
376:refuge for
285:Lake Argyle
255:Description
241:Lake Argyle
193:7 June 1990
153:7 June 1990
150:Established
137: /
112:Coordinates
62:valley and
56:Lake Argyle
1102:Categories
769:Queensland
498:References
434:little red
416:(51,400),
408:(17,200),
404:(16,000),
392:(11,000),
388:(10,500),
378:waterbirds
374:dry season
221:freshwater
190:Designated
1118:Ord River
1004:Lake Gore
840:Riverland
681:Blue Lake
430:microbats
412:(1,800),
406:grey teal
396:(4,300),
328:grassland
324:bulrushes
304:irrigated
300:Kununurra
233:Kimberley
229:Ord River
166:Footnotes
60:Ord River
913:Victoria
850:Tasmania
557:25 April
452:See also
414:hardhead
335:woodland
225:wetlands
125:128°44′E
54:View of
878:Lavinia
400:(900),
332:savanna
122:16°19′S
592:13 May
550:Ramsar
529:13 May
442:rakali
432:, the
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559:2018
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