Lake Kununurra
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1959-1963 | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 40 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 22 km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 55 km | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 400 m | ||||||||
| Storage space | 900 million m³ | ||||||||
The Lake Kununurra is a dam in northeastern Australian state of Western Australia . It is located in the Kimberley region on the Ord River immediately south of the city of Kununurra on the Victoria Highway .
The reservoir was created in 1963 with the construction of the Diversion Dam to supply the Ord River Irrigation Scheme (ORIS) with water. The lake stretches 55 km from Diversion Dam upstream to the larger Lake Argyle with a maximum width of 400 m. In the city of Kununurra, it is connected to the Lily Creek Lagoon .
There you can find freshwater crocodiles ( Crocodilus johnsoni ) and 21 different fish species. Kununurra residents and tourists use the lake mainly for fishing and boating.
Because of the constant water level in the lake and its adjacent wetlands, a rich vegetation with grassland , rushes and light forest could develop. The wetland system of the two reservoirs and the lagoon forms the Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar Site .
Birds
Because of its importance for wild birds, especially finches , the reservoir is part of the Ord Irrigation Area , an Important Bird Area (IBA) as defined by BirdLife International .
Web links
- Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar Site (map) (PDF; 285 kB)
- Archives, Library and Studies of the Kununurra Historical Society Inc. (English). Profile on Flickr with links to photos
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- Lake Kununurra . In: West Australian Vista . GlobeVista. 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- Doupé, Robert G .; Morgan, David L .; & Gill, Howard S .: Prospects for a restorative fishery enhancement of Lake Kununurra: a high-level tropical impoundment on the Ord River, Western Australia . In: Pacific Conservation Biology . 11, 2005, pp. 136-146.
- Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Lakes Argyle and Kununurra (PDF; 148 kB) Wetlands International. 1998. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information sheet on Ramsar wetlands
- ↑ IBA: Ord Irrigation Area . In: Birdata . Birds Australia. Retrieved September 11, 2011.