Booragoon Lake

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Booragoon Lake
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Booragoon Lake
Location Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°02′40″S115°50′34″E / 32.04444°S 115.84278°E / -32.04444; 115.84278
Type Freshwater
Primary inflows Stormwater
Primary outflows evaporation
Catchment area 19 hectares (47 acres)
Basin  countriesAustralia
Designation Beeliar Regional Park
Max. length350 metres (1,148 ft)
Max. width200 metres (656 ft)
Surface area4.09 hectares (10 acres)
Max. depth1.5 metres (5 ft)
Shore length1841 metres (2,759 ft)
Islands 0.37 hectares (1 acre)
Booragoon Lake
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Booragoon Lake is a small freshwater lake in suburban Perth, Western Australia.

The freshwater lake is situated in the suburb of Booragoon and is bounded by Leach Highway, Lang Street and Aldridge Road. It makes up part of the eastern wetland of the Beeliar Regional Park along with Blue Gum Lake and North Lake. The reserve that the lake is part of has a total area of 23,161 square metres (6 acres). [1]

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References

  1. "Booragoon Lake Reserve Management Plan" (PDF). 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.