Peery Lake

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Peery Lake
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Peery Lake
Location Far West, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 30°46′S143°36′E / 30.767°S 143.600°E / -30.767; 143.600
Type ephemeral lake
Surface area5,026 hectares (12,420 acres)
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Three Major Mitchell's cockatoo's perched.

Peery Lake is a fresh water lake on the Paroo River, north of Wilcannia, New South Wales, Far West New South Wales.

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Peery Lake is an ephemeral lake, 5,026 hectares (12,420 acres) in area and is a Ramsar site.

Setting

The lake in North western New South Wales is between Paroo-Darling National Park and Nocoleche Nature Reserve. This region has a Köppen climate classification of BSh (Hot semi-desert) [2] and is considered to be desert. This stretch of the Paroo River valley represents an oasis in the otherwise arid and featureless landscape of the northwest New South Wales.

Significance

The area has been declared a Ramsar Site. [3]

The area is the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu [4] [5] [6] and Paakantyi Aboriginal. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Photographed within the Paroo River wetlands in north-western New South Wales, Australia
  2. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.(direct: Final Revised Paper)
  3. ↑ Kingsford, R.T., and E. Lee. 2010. Ecological Character Description of the Paroo River Wetlands Ramsar Site. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, Sydney.
  4. ↑ David R Horton,Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATS and Sinclair Merz Knight 1996
  5. ↑ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
  6. ↑ David R Horton (creator), Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
  7. ↑ NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. 2012. Paroo Darling National Park and State Conservation Area Plan of Management. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville, New South Wales.
  8. ↑ Westbrooke, M., J. Leversha, M. Gibson, M. O'Keefe, R. Milne, S. Gowans, C. Harding, and K. Callister. 2003. The vegetation of Peery Lake area, Paroo-Darling National Park, western New South Wales. Cunninghamia 8: 111–128.


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