Lake Coorong

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Lake Coorong
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Lake Coorong
Location in Victoria
Location Wimmera, Victoria
Coordinates 35°44′1.5″S142°23′20.5″E / 35.733750°S 142.389028°E / -35.733750; 142.389028 [1]
Type Eutrophic
Primary inflows Yarriambiack Creek
Primary outflows evaporation
Basin  countriesAustralia
Surface area100 ha (250 acres)
References [2]

Lake Coorong is an eutrophic lake located in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia. The lake is located adjacent to the township of Hopetoun. After more than a decade of drought, in early 2011 the lake filled as a result of flooding in the region. [3]

In the local Aboriginal Wergaia language, the river is named Yarak, with "Yarak" representing the lake and surrounding country; and also Gurrong with the word meaning "canoe". [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. "Lake Coorong (VIC)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. "Map of Lake Coorong, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. "Wimmera waterways". Wimmera Catchment Management Authority. Victoria State Government. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. "Lake Coorong (entry )". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria . Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  5. Smyth, Robert Brough (1878). The Aborigines of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 176.