Culham Inlet

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Culham Inlet is a coastal estuarine lagoon in southern Western Australia known for its seasonal opening to the Southern Ocean and surrounding natural habitats.

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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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Shire of Ravensthorpe hasLocality Culham Inlet