Little Waterhouse Lake

Lake in central background near coast

Little Waterhouse Lake is a freshwater coastal lagoon in the Waterhouse Conservation Area of north-eastern Tasmania, Australia. In 1982 it was designated a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.

Description

The 56-hectare (140-acre) Ramsar site encompasses Little Waterhouse Lake, its adjacent floodplain to the south, with the marshland extending 400 metres (1,300 ft) downstream of the lake. The 10-hectare (25-acre) lake lies near Bass Strait behind coastal dunes and receives its water from local catchment runoff. It has high floral diversity, with over 40 species of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants. The site also supports the threatened Growling Grass Frog and Dwarf Galaxias.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Little Waterhouse Lake". The Annotated Ramsar List: Australia. Ramsar Convention. 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
↑ "Little Waterhouse Lake Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description" (PDF). Lloyd Environmental Project No: LE0907b. NRM North. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

Ramsar sites in Australia

Australian Capital Territory	Ginini Flats

New South Wales	Blue Lake Central Murray Forests Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps Gwydir Wetlands Hunter Estuary Wetlands Lake Pinaroo Little Llangothlin Lagoon Macquarie Marshes Myall Lakes Narran Wetlands Paroo Wetlands Towra Point

Northern Territory	Cobourg Peninsula Kakadu National Park

Queensland	Bowling Green Bay Currawinya Lakes Great Sandy Strait Moreton Bay Shoalwater Bay

South Australia	Banrock Station Wetland Complex Bool and Hacks Lagoons Coongie Lakes Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Piccaninnie Ponds Riverland

Tasmania	Apslay Marshes Cape Barren Island east coast lagoons Interlaken Lakeside Reserve Jocks Lagoon Lavinia Nature Reserve Little Waterhouse Lake Logan Lagoon Lower Ringarooma River Moulting Lagoon Pittwater–Orielton Lagoon

Victoria	Barmah Forest Corner Inlet Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Gippsland Lakes Gunbower Forest Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes Kerang Wetlands Lake Albacutya Port Phillip Bay and Bellarine Peninsula Western District Lakes Western Port Bay

Western Australia	Becher Point Wetlands Eighty Mile Beach Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Lake Gore Lake Warden System Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Muir-Byenup System Ord River Floodplain Peel-Yalgorup System Roebuck Bay Toolibin Lake Vasse-Wonnerup System

External territories	Ashmore Reef Coral Sea Reserves The Dales (Christmas Island) Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Hosnies Spring (Christmas Island) Pulu Keeling

Coordinates: 40°52′30″S 147°36′40″E / 40.87500°S 147.61111°E / -40.87500; 147.61111

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