Coongie Lakes
Coongie Lakes | |
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Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | |
Designation | Ramsar Site[2] |
Surface area | 21,790 km2 (8,410 sq mi)[3]: 2–3 |
References | [3]: 12 |
Designated | 15 June 1987 |
Reference no. | 376[4] |
The Coongie Lakes is a freshwater
Description
The Coongie Lakes is located in the north-east corner of South Australia about 1,046 kilometres (650 miles) north of the Adelaide city centre. For management purposes, the wetland system has been given a boundary which is triangular in shape. The northern apex of the triangle is near Lake Moorayepe, the south western apex is near Marion Hill in the south and the eastern apex coincides with the South Australia-Queensland border to the immediate east of the town of Innamincka. The area of land within the boundary is reported as being 21,790 square kilometres (8,410 sq mi).[3]: 2–3 & 16
Land tenure is a mix of
Flora and fauna
The banks and the periodically flooded areas of Cooper Creek and Coongie Lakes wetland system are vegetated by
Major floods, generally originating in heavy rainfall in western Queensland, initiate a period of rapid, opportunistic plant growth and an influx of wildlife, especially of large numbers of waterbirds such as ducks, cormorants, pelicans, ibises, spoonbills, herons and waders that aggregate to feed and breed before dispersing as the waters recede.[2]
Mammals present in the area include red kangaroos, dingos and, in the wetlands, rakali. There are also a variety of frogs and reptiles, including the inland taipan.[5]
Protected area status
Australian government
The wetland system has recognition both internationally under the Ramsar Convention and within Australia with an identical listing in "A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia" (DIWA). It was listed on 15 June 1987 as Ramsar site 376 while it was listed in DIWA prior to 1995. While the Ramsar convention is a treaty obligation of the
South Australian government
The following
Non-statutory arrangements
Coongie Lakes Important Bird Area
An area of 593.2 square kilometres (229.0 square miles) located at the northern of the wetland system and that is specifically associated with a number of water bodies has been identified as an
See also
References
- ^ a b "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coongie Lakes". BirdLife International. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Ramsar Sites Information Service: Coongie Lakes". Ramsar Secretariat. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Coongie Lakes" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Coongie Lakes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Innamincka Regional Reserve and Coongie Lakes National Park" (PDF). Parks brochure. Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. June 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-642-54721-7.
- ISBN 0-7308-5876-6. Retrieved 28 March 2015.