Nuga Nuga National Park

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Nuga Nuga National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
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Nuga Nuga National Park
Nearest town or city Rolleston
Coordinates 24°57′55″S148°41′04″E / 24.96528°S 148.68444°E / -24.96528; 148.68444 Coordinates: 24°57′55″S148°41′04″E / 24.96528°S 148.68444°E / -24.96528; 148.68444
Established 1993
Area 28.60 km2 (11.04 sq mi)
Managing authorities Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See also Protected areas of Queensland

Nuga Nuga is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 515 km NW of Brisbane. It lies adjacent to Lake Nuga Nuga in the Comet River water catchment area of the Brigalow Belt bioregion. [1]

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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Brisbane capital city of Queensland, Australia

Brisbane is the capital of and the most populated city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of approximately 2.5 million, and the South East Queensland metropolitan region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.6 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the historic European settlement and is situated inside a peninsula of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs)—most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is "Brisbanite" or "Brisbanian".

It contains small areas of lacustrine and riverine wetlands. [1]

Lacustrine Plains are lakes that get filled by incoming sediment. Over time, the water may drain from the lake, leaving the deposited sediments behind. This can be caused by natural drainage, evaporation or other geophysical processes.

One rare of threatened reptile species, Denisonia maculata , has been identified in the national park. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nuga Nuga National Park — facts and maps, WetlandInfo". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland. Retrieved 13 July 2013.


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