Lake Gilles Conservation Park
Lake Gilles Conservation Park South Australia | |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve) | |
The southern shore of Lake Gilles looking northeast | |
Lake Gilles Conservation Park | |
Nearest town or city | Kimba |
Coordinates | 32°58′23.16″S 136°44′35.15″E / 32.9731000°S 136.7430972°ECoordinates: 32°58′23.16″S 136°44′35.15″E / 32.9731000°S 136.7430972°E |
Established | 30 September 1971[1] |
Area | 655.27 km2 (253.0 sq mi)[1] |
Managing authorities | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
Website | Lake Gilles Conservation Park |
Footnotes | Coordinates[2] |
See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Lake Gilles Conservation Park is a protected area in South Australia.
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.[2] The conservation park is reported as containing:[3]
an ephemeral lake system fringed by samphire communities. The park provides habitat for the Malleefowl, Slender-billed Thornbill, Thick-billed Grasswren and migratory waders. Extensive but patchy mallee communities on the eastern plains of the park include Western Myall and associated chenopod shrubland.
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The southern shore of Lake Gilles in January 2007 several days after a flash flood, looking west.
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The southern shore of Lake Gilles looking north.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ↑ "Eastern Eyre Peninsula Parks Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources,. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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