Angove Lake

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Angove Lake
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Angove Lake
Location in Western Australia
Location Great Southern, Western Australia
Coordinates 34°56′32″S118°09′54″E / 34.94222°S 118.16500°E / -34.94222; 118.16500
Type Freshwater
Primary inflows Angove River
Primary outflows Gardner Creek
Catchment area 29 square kilometres (11 sq mi)
Basin  countries Australia
Designation Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
Max. length900 metres (2,953 ft)
Max. width400 metres (1,312 ft)
Surface area33 hectares (82 acres) [1]
Angove Lake

Angove Lake is a permanent fresh water lake in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, within the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve.

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Description

The lake is part of the Moates Lake System, along with Moates Lake and Lake Gardner. [2] All of these lakes were linked to form a large estuarine system during the last interglacial period approximately 120,000 years ago. [3]

The main waterbody covers a maximum area of 40 hectares (99 acres) but the associated wetlands cover an area closer to 100 hectares (247 acres). The area south of the lake was drained with a 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel being constructed to connect it with Gardner Creek. The water in the lake is fresh and low in tannin, water from the river system that supplies the lake is also used pumped to Albany as part of the town's water supply. [4]

Environment

The lake lies within the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. [5] Very little of the catchment is cleared so the stream system and the lake are in almost pristine condition. The lake itself is essentially a large sedge swamp with large stands of Baumea articulata with a fringing forest of paperbark and Agonis. The lake forms part of the Two Peoples Bay and Mount Manypeaks Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its significance in the conservation of several rare and threatened bird species. [6]

The critically endangered Spotted galaxias (Galaxias truttaceus hesperius) is only found in the Angove River, the lake and the Goodga River. [7]

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References

  1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Lake Angove". 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  2. "Southern Prospects – The South Coast Regional Strategy for Natural Resource Management" (PDF). 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  3. "Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve Management Plan" (PDF). 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. "Catchment Management of the Wetlands of the Two Peoples Bay Nature" (PDF). 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  5. "Two Peoples Bay Management Plan 1995–2005" (PDF). National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority (WA). 1995. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  6. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Two Peoples Bay and Mount Manypeaks. Downloaded from "BirdLife International – conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2013. on 18 November 2011.
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