| Lake Be Malae | |
|---|---|
| Portuguese name | |
| Portuguese | Lago Bemalae |
| Tetum name | |
| Tetum | Bemalae |
Lake Be Malae,also spelt Bemalae,is a 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) lagoon in the district of Bobonaro on the north-west coast of East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea. [1]
The lake is a broad and shallow expanse of saline water and mudflats which sometimes largely dries up. Its margins are vegetated by mangroves and dry forest. Its outlet is a winding,mangrove-lined channel leading to the sea. [1] [2]
The lake and its surrounds have been identified by BirdLife International as a 28,000 ha Important Bird Area because they support populations of bar-necked cuckoo-doves,pink-headed imperial pigeons,jonquil parrots,streak-breasted honeyeaters,plain gerygones,fawn-breasted whistlers,green figbirds,olive-brown orioles,buff-banded thicketbirds,white-bellied bush chats and flame-breasted sunbirds. [2]
The Banda Sea is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia,connected to the Pacific Ocean,but surrounded by hundreds of islands,including Timor,as well as the Halmahera and Ceram Seas. It is about 1000 km (600 mi) east to west,and about 500 km (300 mi) north to south.
The Mergui Archipelago is located in far southern Myanmar (Burma) and is part of the Tanintharyi Region. It consists of more than 800 islands,varying in size from very small to hundreds of square kilometres,all lying in the Andaman Sea off the western shore of the Malay Peninsula near its landward (northern) end where it joins the rest of Indochina. They are occasionally referred to as the Pashu Islands because the Malay inhabitants are locally called Pashu.
Ombai Strait is an international strait in Southeast Asia. It separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar,Atauro,and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The strait is also the western portion of a pair of international straits,the other one being Wetar Strait;the two straits combine to link the Pacific Ocean with the Indian Ocean.
Broad Sound is a large bay on the east coast of Australia,in the state of Queensland,675 kilometers northwest of the state capital,Brisbane. It is about 50 kilometers long and 20 kilometers across at its widest point. The Torilla Peninsula forms the eastern side of the bay;Shoalwater Bay is on the other side of the peninsula. The sound has a large tidal range of about 10 metres (33 ft). This is the largest variance on the eastern Australia coastline.
The Barker Inlet is a tidal inlet of the Gulf St Vincent in Adelaide,South Australia,named after Captain Collet Barker who first sighted it in 1831. It contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world,a dolphin sanctuary,seagrass meadows and is an important fish and shellfish breeding ground. The inlet separates Torrens Island and Garden Island from the mainland to the east,and is characterised by a network of tidal creeks,artificially deepened channels,and wide mudflats. The extensive belt of mangroves are bordered by samphire saltmarsh flats and low-lying sand dunes.
Faure Island is a 58 km2 island pastoral lease and nature reserve,east of the Francois Peron National Park on the Peron Peninsula,in Shark Bay,Western Australia. It lies in line with the Monkey Mia resort to the west,and the Wooramel River on the eastern shore of Shark Bay. It is surrounded by the Shark Bay Marine Park and Shark Bay World Heritage Site and,as the Faure Island Sanctuary,is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).
The black-breasted thrush is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found from north-eastern India to northern Vietnam. Although both male and female birds have the same colour on their lower parts,the upper section of males is mostly black in colour,while females are mostly grey-brown. Thus,the bird's common name refers to the colour of the male bird's breast. They tend to live in forests located at high altitude.
Mandora Marsh,also known as Mandora Salt Marsh,is a complex and diverse wetland system in Western Australia close to Eighty Mile Beach,and included in the Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar Site. It lies at the western edge of the Great Sandy Desert bioregion and within the Mandora Station pastoral lease. The marsh is part of the 3337 km2 Mandora Marsh and Anna Plains Important Bird Area,identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for supporting large numbers of waders and waterbirds.
The Ord River floodplain is the floodplain of the lower Ord River in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley,in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. It lies within the Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregion and contains river,seasonal creek,tidal mudflat and floodplain wetlands,with extensive stands of mangroves,that support saltwater crocodiles and many waterbirds. It is recognised as an internationally important wetland area,with 1,384 square kilometres (534 sq mi) of it designated on 7 June 1990 as Ramsar Site 477 under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
The Gulf St Vincent Important Bird Area comprises land extending along the coast of Gulf St Vincent,north of Adelaide,South Australia.
Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area comprises 3,300 hectares of coastal wetlands at the entrance to Choiseul Sound,on the east coast of East Falkland,in the Falkland Islands. It lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south-east of Mount Pleasant Airport and 40 km south-west of Stanley. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because of its significancer for a variety of migratory waders and other waterbirds. Overlapping it is the 4000 ha Bertha's Beach Ramsar site,recognising it as a wetland of international importance.
Areia Branca no Dolok Oan is a 2,916 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) in East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands group of Wallacea.
The Irabere estuary and Iliomar forest Important Bird Area is a tract of land in East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea.
The LoréImportant Bird Area is a 10,906 ha tract of land in East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea. It forms the south-westernmost part of the Nino Konis Santana National Park.
The Maubara Important Bird Area is a 5292 ha tract of land in East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea.
Subaun is a 23,665 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) in East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea.
The Sungai Clere Important Bird Area,also known as the Sungai Clere Protected Wildlife Area,and in Indonesian as Hutan Metiboat,is a tract of low-lying forest and grassland in East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea.
The Tilomar Important Bird Area,also known as Tilomar Forest,is a tract of mainly forested land in East Timor,a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea.
The Central Manrove Wetland is a large area of mangrove dominated wetland on Grand Cayman,one of the Cayman Islands,a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the territory's Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
Port Gawler Conservation Park was a protected area in the Australian state of South Australian located at the east side of Gulf St Vincent on the west side of the locality of Port Gawler. The conservation park covered an area of intertidal mangroves immediately south of Port Gawler beach.
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