Lower Lakes

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lake system wetland system

Lower Lakes are a series of large, shallow freshwater lakes at the terminus of the Murray River in South Australia, forming a key ecological and cultural wetland system near the Coorong.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lower Lakes region	1
Lower Murray Lakes and Coorong system	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lake system ⓘ wetland system ⓘ
adjacentTo	Coorong National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray Mouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
biodiversityValue	supports migratory shorebirds ⓘ supports waterfowl populations ⓘ
characteristic	shallow ⓘ
climateZone	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
composedOf	Lake Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Alexandrina NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	Coorong Lagoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray River mouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important to Ngarrindjeri people ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance	important fish nursery area ⓘ key habitat for waterbirds ⓘ supports wetland biodiversity ⓘ
ecosystemType	riverine-lacustrine wetland complex ⓘ
hasFeature	fringing wetlands ⓘ shallow lake basins ⓘ
hydrologicalConnection	regulated by barrages between lakes and Coorong ⓘ
hydrologicalRole	terminal sink for Murray River flows in South Australia ⓘ
locatedAtTerminusOf	Murray River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Coorong NERFINISHED ⓘ
managementAuthority	Government of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
managementPlan	Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Recovery Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyTown	Goolwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Meningie NERFINISHED ⓘ Milang NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Coorong and Lower Lakes wetland system NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Murray region NERFINISHED ⓘ
RamsarDesignationYear	1985 ⓘ
RamsarStatus	part of Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Ramsar site ⓘ
recognizedAs	wetland of international importance ⓘ
region	southeastern South Australia ⓘ
salinityManagement	barrage system at Murray Mouth ⓘ
state	South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	Ngarrindjeri cultural practices ⓘ waterbird breeding ⓘ
threat	drought impacts ⓘ reduced river inflows ⓘ salinity increase risk ⓘ
usedFor	commercial and recreational fishing ⓘ irrigation water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramsar-listed Coorong and Lower Lakes wetlands → contains → Lower Lakes ⓘ

Coorong region → hydrologicalConnection → Lower Lakes ⓘ

Meningie → locatedOnWaterwaySystem → Lower Lakes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Murray Lakes and Coorong system

Lake Alexandrina → partOf → Lower Lakes ⓘ

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority → regionServed → Lower Lakes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Lakes region