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The Ramsar site has an area of 3,519 hectares (8,700 acres). It lies between the towns of
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This article is about the floodplain and wetland. For the river, see
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476:. Ramsar Convention. 10 April 2013. Archived from
443:. Ramsar Convention. 10 April 2013. Archived from
374:"The List of Wetlands of International Importance"
292:. The average annual rainfall is 625–750 mm.
710:Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland
434:"Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River, Tasmania"
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43:Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River wetland
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474:The Annotated Ramsar List: Australia
441:Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands
403:"Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River"
994:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
191:Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River
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962:Hosnies Spring (Christmas Island)
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695:Banrock Station Wetland Complex
986:This article about a river in
879:Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes
571:Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps
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65:floodplain on the upper right
952:The Dales (Christmas Island)
535:Australian Capital Territory
748:Interlaken Lakeside Reserve
300:The site is vegetated with
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894:Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
811:Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
152:16 November 1982
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783:Pittwater–Orielton Lagoon
591:Little Llangothlin Lagoon
527:Ramsar sites in Australia
410:Sites Information Service
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1051:Floodplains of Australia
470:"Lower Ringarooma River"
383:. 6 June 2016. p. 6
581:Hunter Estuary Wetlands
340:. The area is used for
846:Western District Lakes
773:Lower Ringarooma River
763:Little Waterhouse Lake
700:Bool and Hacks Lagoons
566:Central Murray Forests
61:Aerial view, with the
18:Lower Ringarooma River
1061:Australia river stubs
924:Vasse-Wonnerup System
869:Becher Point Wetlands
347:as well as regulated
934:External territories
909:Peel-Yalgorup System
904:Ord River Floodplain
826:Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes
639:Kakadu National Park
1046:North East Tasmania
321:Polygonum strigosum
229:site comprises the
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947:Coral Sea Reserves
899:Muir-Byenup System
889:Lake Warden System
667:Great Sandy Strait
626:Northern Territory
333:Villarsia exaltata
308:and surrounded by
204:Reference no.
133:40.900°S 147.933°E
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861:Western Australia
715:Piccaninnie Ponds
657:Bowling Green Bay
634:Cobourg Peninsula
596:Macquarie Marshes
381:Ramsar Convention
349:waterfowl hunting
327:Lythrum salicaria
306:tussock grassland
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543:Ginini Flats
482:. Retrieved
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672:Moreton Bay
616:Towra Point
601:Myall Lakes
253:Description
149:Established
136: /
111:Coordinates
1035:Categories
649:Queensland
355:References
338:waterbirds
290:tin mining
288:caused by
263:Quaternary
231:floodplain
196:Designated
156:1982-11-16
884:Lake Gore
720:Riverland
561:Blue Lake
342:livestock
302:shrubland
243:Australia
172:Footnotes
988:Tasmania
793:Victoria
730:Tasmania
484:1 August
454:1 August
415:25 April
310:woodland
259:Tomahawk
239:Tasmania
124:147°56′E
99:Tasmania
48:Tasmania
758:Lavinia
387:27 June
345:grazing
284:in the
282:erosion
274:gravels
227:wetland
154: (
121:40°54′S
408:Ramsar
990:is a
448:(PDF)
437:(PDF)
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278:silty
276:with
270:sands
266:clays
225:is a
992:stub
486:2013
456:2013
417:2018
389:2016
330:and
304:and
272:and
221:The
164:Area
207:257
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