Lake Ngardok

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Lake Ngardok
Lake Ngardok
Location	Melekeok
Coordinates	7°30′45″N 134°36′13″E / 7.5125°N 134.603611°E / 7.5125; 134.603611
Primary outflows	Ngerdorch River
Basin countries	Palau
Surface area	493 ha (1,220 acres)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lake Ngardok Nature Reserve
Designated	18 October 2002
Reference no.	1232[1]

Lake Ngardok is a

species (olik). The Chief Council of Melekeok State has established the Ngardok Nature Reserve to protect the watershed's slow degradation process, because the importance of the forests are critical to preserving the water quality in the lake. The lake however will soon be established as a reservoir for Ngerulmud, Palau's new national capital in Melekeok.^{[citation needed]}

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