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Lake Canobolas

Lake Canobolas är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten New South Wales, i den sydöstra delen av landet, omkring 210 kilometer väster om delstatshuvudstaden Sydney. Lake Canobolas ligger 909 meter över havet. Trakten runt Lake Canobolas består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Lake Canobolas är det ganska tätbefolkat, med 134 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 837 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är februari, med i genomsnitt 154 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är november, med 36 mm nederbörd. Kommentarer Källor
Lake Connewarre

Lake Connewarre (Aboriginal Wathawurrung language: Kunawarr keelingk literally meaning black swan lake), a shallow estuarine 880-hectare (2,200-acre) lake on the Barwon River, is located on the Bellarine Peninsula southeast of Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features It is adjacent to, and downstream from, the freshwater Reedy Lake. Lake Connewarre is linked to the sea by the mangrove-fringed channel of the lower Barwon River estuary, resulting in the lake being subject to tidal flows, with a weir at the inflow to the lake preventing saline water progressing upstream. Lake Connewarre forms part of the Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site as a wetland of international importance, with much of the wetland area also part of the Lake Connewarre State Game Reserve. However, most of the land surrounding Lake Connewarre has been cleared for agricultural purposes resulting in environmental degradation. Water pollution from upriver has also resulted in a drop in water quality, and reduced inflows to the lake have caused silting problems. The lake is shallow being less than one metre in depth and generally unsuitable for boating. Fauna The lake and its associated wetlands are part of the Bellarine Wetlands Important Bird Area because of its conservation significance for several species of waders, waterbirds and the orange-bellied parrot. The lake is fished commercially for short-finned eel. It also usually contains yellow-eye mullet, black bream and Australian salmon. Other fish may be present, depending on salinity levels. See also List of lakes of Australia § Victoria References External links Corangamite Catchment Management Authority "Lake Connewarre State Game Reserve" (PDF) (PDF map). Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2011.
Lake Connewarre

Lake Connewarre är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten Victoria, omkring 64 kilometer sydväst om delstatshuvudstaden Melbourne. Arean är 8,5 kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 3,9 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 6,5 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. Trakten runt Lake Connewarre består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Lake Connewarre är det ganska tätbefolkat, med 96 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 939 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt 128 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med 44 mm nederbörd. Källor
Lake Cowal

Lake Cowal is the largest inland lake in New South Wales, Australia. The lake is ephemeral, being fed by the small Bland Creek and by the occasional flooding of the Lachlan River. Despite this, it retains a considerable amount of water in about 70% of years. Biodiversity Lake Cowal is situated 47 km North East of West Wyalong and is home to a variety of endangered species. Some of these species include: Australian pillwort Australasian bittern Black-necked stork Blue-billed duck Freshwater catfish (protected) Macquarie perch (protected) Recognition The lake is listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate in 1992 and was added to the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia in 1998. It is listed as a Landscape Conservation Area by the National Trust of Australia.} Mineral resources and mining The area surrounding the lake is rich in minerals - especially gold - and is currently being mined by Evolution Mining. Barrick Gold sold the Cowal Mine to Evolution Mining in 2015 for US$550m. There is concern among environmental groups and the local Wiradjuri Aboriginal people that the cyanide used in the mining process prior to 2007 could lead to the contamination of the lake. The area was explored for gold in the 1980s and 1990s by North Limited, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group. The mine has been producing gold since 2006, and produced 238,000 ounces of gold in 2016. The resource is estimated to still contain approximately 5,000,000 troy ounces (160 t) of gold. Lake Cowal Gold Mine The Cowal Gold Mine Project encompasses approximately 29 square kilometres as of 2023. One hundred and eight million tonnes of low to medium grade ore would be excavated from an open cut pit 1 km wide and 325 metres deep on the lake shore and partly within the high water level of Lake Cowal to produce an estimated 2.7 million ounces of gold. References External links "Lachlan River catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Lake Cowal Campaign website Lake Cowal Railway Siding
Lac Cowal

Le lac Cowal est un des plus grands lacs de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud en Australie, situé à moins de 50 km au nord-est de West Wyalong. Ce lac éphémère, qui s'étend sur 92 km2 au plus haut niveau, est alimenté au sud-est par le petit ruisseau Blanc Creek et au nord par les inondations occasionnelles de la rivière Lachlan. Biodiversité Le lac Cowan est l'habitat de nombreuses espèces dont certaines sont menacées. Plus de 270 espèces d'oiseaux ont été répertoriées, parmi lesquelles le Butor d'Australie, le Jabiru d'Asie, l'Érismature australe, le Rhynchée peinte et la Stictonette tachetée, ainsi que de nombreux poissons dont le Bidyanus bidyanus (appelé parfois perche argentée), le poisson-chat tandanus et la Perche Macquarie. Des chauves-souris sont également présentes comme la Saccolaimus flaviventris (voir Saccolaimus) et la Chalinolobus picatus (voir Chalinolobus) et on trouve parmi les végétaux le Pilularia australe (voir Pilularia) et le Lepidium monoplocoides (voir Lepidium). Son riche et fragile écosystème lui vaut d'être inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine national australien (Register of the National Estate (en)) ainsi que dans la liste des zones humides d'importance nationale (Directory of Important Wetlands (en)) et est classé comme zone de conservation par le National Trust of Australia. Exploitation minière et impact environnemental Le sol qui entoure le lac est riche en métaux précieux, notamment en or, ce qui a suscité l’intérêt de sociétés minières. Craignant une contamination du lac par le cyanure, utilisé pour l'extraction de l'or, des protestations d'exploitation ont donné naissance au programme de protection The Lake Cowal Campaign soutenu par plus de 40 associations écologistes, qui ensemble forment la Coalition pour la protection du lac Cowal (en anglais, Coalition to Protect Lake Cowal) fondée initialement par le Rainforest Information Centre et Les Amis de la Terre - Australie. Le site est actuellement exploité par la société minière canadienne Barrick Gold. Notes et références Portail des lacs et cours d'eau Portail de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
Lake Cowal

Lake Cowal är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten New South Wales, i den sydöstra delen av landet, omkring 350 kilometer väster om delstatshuvudstaden Sydney. Lake Cowal ligger 203 meter över havet. Arean är 92 kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 13,4 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 9,3 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. Trakten runt Lake Cowal består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Lake Cowal är det mycket glesbefolkat, med 2 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 636 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är februari, med i genomsnitt 130 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är oktober, med 16 mm nederbörd. Kommentarer Källor
Lake Echo Dam

The Lake Echo Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam across the Dee River, part of the Upper River Derwent catchment, located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1956, the resultant reservoir, Lake Echo, was established for the purpose of generating hydro-electric power via the Lake Echo Power Station, a conventional hydroelectric power station The dam, its reservoir, and the power station are owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania. Dam and reservoir overview The earth-filled dam wall is 19 metres (62 ft) high and 305 metres (1,001 ft) long. When full, Lake Echo has capacity of 725,490 megalitres (588,160 acre⋅ft) and covers 4,069 hectares (10,050 acres), drawn from a catchment area of 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi). The single controlled spillway is capable of discharging 92 cubic metres per second (3,200 cu ft/s). Lake Echo is one of the main headwater storages for the Dee Lagoon, Bradys, Binney, Tungatinah Lagoon and the Lower River Derwent catchments, releasing water to a further seven stations downstream. Much of the lake is surrounded by steep-sided eucalypt bushland. Access to the rocky shoreline is dependent on the draw-down of water for use in the power station. The lake is stocked with brown trout and rainbow trout. Hydroelectric power station Part of the Derwent scheme that comprises eleven hydroelectric power stations, the Lake Echo Power Station is the first station on the Dee River section of the scheme. The power station is located aboveground on the shores of the Dee Lagoon formed below Lake Echo on the Dee River. Water is diverted from Lake Echo by a single 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi)-long flume and 700-metre (2,300 ft)-long canal. It then descends 168 metres (551 ft) through a single steel penstock to the station with a surge tower located midway along the penstock. The power station was commissioned in 1956 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has one English Electric Francis-type turbine, with a generating capacity of 32 megawatts (43,000 hp). The station building houses a single alternator and the turbine has a fully embedded spiral casing and water flow is controlled via a straight flow main inlet valve and a relief valve designed to prevent spiral casing overpressure. The station output, estimated to be 84 gigawatt-hours (300 TJ) annually, is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 kV/110 kV three-phase English Electric generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard. An upgrade of facilities at the station was completed in 2022 that included remote monitoring systems. See also List of power stations in Tasmania List of reservoirs and dams in Australia § Tasmania List of lakes of Australia § Tasmania References External links "Lower Derwent". Hydro Tasmania. Archived from the original on 19 September 2006.
Lake Edgar

Lake Edgar was a natural fault scarp pond on the upper reaches of the Huon River in South West Tasmania. Description Lake Edgar was actually two small lakes that were created when the Edgar fault caused the plains below Mount Anne, on the upper reaches of the Huon River, to move upwards by little more than 6 metres (20 ft), causing the river to dam and divert northwards around Scotts Peak. The lake was eventually inundated when the Lake Pedder was flooded as part of a hydroelectric power scheme in 1972. Lake Edgar should not be confused with the Edgar pond which was created when the Edgar Dam intersected one of the smaller tributaries of Lake Edgar. The Lake Edgar Fault originally formed in the Cambrian as a sinistral wrench fault with a displacement of 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). It was reactivated in the Quaternary. The fault passes through the west part of the Edgar Dam. The fault is about 25–33 kilometres (16–21 mi) long. the fault dips to the west 60–70 degrees. The fault ruptured twice in the Quaternary period, with the early rupture around 25 kiloares (27,000,000 sq ft) and the last rupture since glaciation (less than 10 kiloares (11,000,000 sq ft)). The two Quaternary ruptures each elevated the western side by 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in). This is the only fault known to have ruptured twice in the Quaternary period. The fault was discovered by Carey and Newstead in 1960. It cracks up Precambrian rocks in the Jubilee Element. The fault dammed up the water to form a lake. This was later split by partial draining. Lake Edgar is the southern of the two small lakes formed. Average rainfall is 2,500 millimetres (98 in) per year. Sediment would have rapidly filled the lake if it was old. The earthquakes associated with the formation of the uplifts would be of magnitude 6.6 to 7. The fault separated graphitic phyllite in the east from metasiltstone, argillite, quartz sandstone conglomerate on the west. The Hydro Electric Commission dug a trench through the fault and dug pits to determine if water would leak through the fault when the Edgar Dam was built. The fault possibly continues through weak talc containing ultrabasic rocks and into the Gell River Fault about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north, which has an older Late Pleistocene displacement. The filling of the new Lake Pedder reservoir was correlated with some increased seismicity from 1972-1978. See also Lake Pedder List of reservoirs and dams in Australia § Tasmania List of lakes of Australia § Tasmania References
Lake Edgar

Lake Edgar är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten Tasmanien, i den sydöstra delen av landet, omkring 82 kilometer väster om delstatshuvudstaden Hobart. Lake Edgar ligger 304 meter över havet. Trakten runt Lake Edgar är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 1 932 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juli, med i genomsnitt 232 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är februari, med 84 mm nederbörd. Kommentarer Källor
Lake Dutton

Lake Dutton, formerly known as Lake Gill, is a salt lake in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Oakden Hills on the west side of the Stuart Highway, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of Port Augusta in the state's Far North region. It was named after artist S. T. Gill by explorer John Horrocks, who accompanied Horrocks and his party on an exploration trip to the north west of South Australia in 1846. It was also the location where Horrocks accidentally shot himself on 1 September 1846 and the injuries received caused his death on 23 September 1846. The lake was discovered again by Benjamin Herschel Babbage who reported in July 1858 in a dispatch to Francis Dutton. Later on, Commissioner of Crown Lands reported that he had named this lake after the Commissioner. Babbage's name as the name that was never changed in the official use. See also List of lakes of Australia § South Australia References
Lake Dutton

Lake Dutton är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten South Australia, omkring 380 kilometer norr om delstatshuvudstaden Adelaide. Lake Dutton ligger 62 meter över havet. Arean är 52 kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 10,1 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 11,1 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. Omgivningarna runt Lake Dutton är i huvudsak ett öppet busklandskap. Trakten runt Lake Dutton är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 237 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är maj, med i genomsnitt 45 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är oktober, med 4 mm nederbörd. Kommentarer Källor
Gregory Salt Lake

Gregory Salt Lake (engelska: Lake Gregory) är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten Western Australia, omkring 1 700 kilometer nordost om delstatshuvudstaden Perth. Gregory Salt Lake ligger 269 meter över havet. Arean är 128 kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 18,4 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 14,8 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. Trakten runt Gregory Salt Lake är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 441 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är februari, med i genomsnitt 120 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med 1 mm nederbörd. Kommentarer Källor
Lake Hindmarsh

Lake Hindmarsh, an ephemeral lake located in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia, is the state's largest natural freshwater lake. The nearest towns are Jeparit to the south and Rainbow to the north. After more than a decade of drought, in early 2011 the lake filled as a result of flooding in the region. The Wemba Wemba name of the lake is recorded as Gour or Koor. Geography Lake Hindmarsh is the northernmost lake of the Wimmera River Terminal Wetlands, and receives water directly from the Wimmera River. When full, the lake covers 13,500 hectares (33,000 acres), is 3.4 metres (11 ft) deep and holds 378 gigalitres (8.3×1010 imp gal; 1.00×1011 US gal) of water. It is a wetland of national significance. On the rare occasions when Lake Hindmarsh overflows, water runs, via Outlet Creek (Wergaia: Krumelak), to the deeper Lake Albacutya (Wergaia: Ngelbakutya), which has been recognised under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. Flat and shallow, Lake Hindmarsh is subject to very high evaporation. When it is full, evaporation from the lake is around 140,000 megalitres (3.1×1010 imp gal; 3.7×1010 US gal) per year. With flows down the Wimmera River averaging only half of that, the lake rarely fills, but if it does, the water takes three to four years to evaporate entirely. The lake was full during the wet years of the early to mid-1970s. It supported a commercial fishing industry and was a destination for tourism and water sports, with a water-skiing club having a membership of over 100. The lake filled again in 1996, but then received no further water from the Wimmera River, and had dried up by 2000. It remained dry for almost a decade. In October 2009, water from the Wimmera River trickled into Lake Hindmarsh for the first time in thirteen years. The 2010 Victorian floods of September raised lake water levels higher and triggered a revival of birdlife. The January 2011 Victorian floods in the Wimmera catchment raised hopes that the lake would fill, and possibly overflow into the lakes to the north. However, Outlet Creek remained dry. Indigenous people The area around the lake is the traditional country of the Gromiluk, a branch of the Wotjobaluk people. They speak the Wergaia language. Colonial history Explorer Edward Eyre camped at Lake Hindmarsh in 1838 while searching for an overland route from Melbourne to Adelaide, and named the lake after the then governor of South Australia, John Hindmarsh. European pastoralists occupied land around the lake from 1845, and the Moravian Ebenezer Mission was established nearby in 1859. See also Lakes and other water bodies of Victoria References
Lake Hindmarsh

Lake Hindmarsh är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten Victoria, omkring 330 kilometer nordväst om delstatshuvudstaden Melbourne. Lake Hindmarsh ligger 74 meter över havet. Arean är 130 kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 20,5 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 11,0 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. Trakten runt Lake Hindmarsh är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 411 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt 70 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med 11 mm nederbörd. Kommentarer Källor
Lake Indawarra

Lake Indawarra is an artificial lake, created as a rubble pit for railway construction, located in the town of Tintinara in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. The lake was created by railroad workers in 1905 as a railway reservoir and was given its name in the 1980s. It is an important part of Tintinara's identity, a popular place for picnics, camping, swimming and canoeing. Etymology The lake was named after a small competition was held by the local council whereby the local student body of Tintinara chose the name. Unlike the town name, Indawarra is a made-up variation of local aboriginal words. Pollution and cleanup In the early 1990s the lake filled in with sulfur rich sediment. As the lake was no longer appealing, visitors to the area started dumping their rubbish in it. The lake started drying out in summer, smelling, and habitat to mosquito larvae. In 2007, the school and various community groups decided to clean out the lake. Local community members dug out a portion of the built up sediment. Local school students planted trees and built picnic spots on one day a week. A small island was built in the middle of the lake and named it "Bird Island". Lake Indawarra is now a suitable place for water sports again, including kayaking and snorkeling. There is a range of aquatic plants and algae establishing across the lake floor and plenty of damselfly larvae. There are also ducks breeding on Bird Island. Near the lake, there is a free campsite and there are plans for further work to clean up and reintroduce fish to the waterbody. References External links Lake Indawarra concept and vegetation plan Photo of Lake Indawarra Tintinara Action Club project
Lake Jasper

Lake Jasper is a permanent freshwater lake in the locality of Lake Jasper, in the South West area of Western Australia. It has evidence of ancient Aboriginal activity beneath its waters. The lake is located on a flat sandy plain, the Scott Coastal Plain, with a high dune ridge to the west and the Donnelly River to the east. The lake is contained within the boundaries of the D'Entrecasteaux National Park. The camp site has seating facilities on the eastern side of the lake, but is subject to a complete fire ban and forbids vehicle access to the shoreline; the camp site is only accessible by four-wheel drive vehicles. Lake Jasper has two smaller lakes located to the east: Lake Wilson and Lake Smith. All of these bodies are part of the Donnelly River catchment area and they all are inhabited by all of the regions endemic freshwater fish species. The lake has significant floristic value as it supports an extensive area of tall sedgeland. The area is also an important habitat for fish, waterbirds, invertebrates and frogs. The lake is known as a White Water Lake as the lack of tannic acid in the water allows good light dispersion. The lake water is of a high quality and high quality artesian water also exists in the area. An archaeological site located in the lake is the only known Australian example of a submerged Aboriginal occupation site. In 1989 and 1990 submarine excavations found flaked stone artifacts and standing tree stumps on the floor of the lake at depths of up to eight metres. Radiocarbon dating showed an inundation period through sea level rise of 4,000 to 3,400 years BP. Lake Jasper was named in memory of Jasper Taylor Molloy Bussell (1863–1864), son of Alfred and Ellen Bussell. See also List of lakes of Australia § Western Australia References
Lake Jasper

Lake Jasper är en sjö i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten Western Australia, omkring 270 kilometer söder om delstatshuvudstaden Perth. Lake Jasper ligger 38 meter över havet. Arean är 4,4 kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 2,3 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 3,2 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. I omgivningarna runt Lake Jasper växer i huvudsak städsegrön lövskog. Trakten runt Lake Jasper är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 1 186 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är maj, med i genomsnitt 209 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är februari, med 10 mm nederbörd. Kommentarer Källor