Culham Inlet
E1011370
Culham Inlet is a coastal estuarine lagoon in southern Western Australia known for its seasonal opening to the Southern Ocean and surrounding natural habitats.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal lagoon
ⓘ
estuary ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| hasCatchmentUse |
agriculture
ⓘ
conservation ⓘ grazing ⓘ |
| hasEcologicalCharacteristic |
highly variable salinity
ⓘ
periodic hypersalinity ⓘ water level fluctuations ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
broad shallow basin
ⓘ
episodic connection to ocean ⓘ fringing salt-tolerant vegetation ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
coastal wetland habitat
ⓘ
dune vegetation ⓘ estuarine habitat ⓘ fringing shrubland ⓘ heathland ⓘ saltmarsh ⓘ samphire flats ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalType |
intermittently open estuary
ⓘ
wave-dominated estuary ⓘ |
| hasManagementConcern |
barrier sandbar dynamics
ⓘ
catchment land-use impacts ⓘ salinity management ⓘ |
| hasMouth | Culham Inlet mouth ⓘ |
| hasOpeningPattern |
intermittent opening to the sea
ⓘ
seasonal opening to the sea ⓘ |
| hasWaterType |
brackish water
ⓘ
saline water ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
fish nursery habitat
ⓘ
migratory shorebirds ⓘ waterbirds ⓘ |
| isPartOf | south coast lagoon systems of Western Australia ⓘ |
| isTypeOf | barred estuarine lagoon ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
birdwatching
ⓘ
nature-based tourism ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Western Australia
ⓘ
southern Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInLocalGovernmentArea | Shire of Ravensthorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Goldfields-Esperance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Hopetoun, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfBioregion |
Esperance Plains bioregion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Coast of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Southern Ocean by coastal sandbar ⓘ |
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