Lake Wollumboola

The lake is an important site for black swans

Lake Wollumboola is a 648 ha coastal lake in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies to the immediate south of the town of Culburra Beach and to the north of Jervis Bay. It forms part of Jervis Bay National Park. The lake is separated from the ocean by a berm about 100 m wide which breeches only when the lake fills to over 2.5 m above mean sea level.^[1]

Birds

The lake has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it often supports over 1% of the world population of black swans, especially in drought years, as well as of chestnut teals.^[2]

References

↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Wollumboola. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/08/2011.
↑ "IBA: Lake Wollumboola". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 2011-08-01.

Lakes and other natural bodies of water in New South Wales, Australia

Coastal lagoons and lakes	Avoca Budgewoi Dee Why Lagoon Glenrock Lagoon Illawarra Macquarie Munmorah Myall Lakes Narrabeen Lagoon Smiths St Georges Basin Tabourie Terrigal Lagoon Tuggerah Wallis Wamberal Lagoon Wollumboola Wonboyn

Freshwater	Bathurst Cowal George Glenbrook Lagoon Menindee Lakes Narran Wetlands Wallaga Woytchugga

Glacial	Blue Albina Cootapatamba

Salt	Mungo Urana Willandra Lakes

Coordinates: 34°57′06″S 150°45′43″E / 34.95167°S 150.76194°E / -34.95167; 150.76194

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