| 词条 | Western District Lakes |
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| designation1 = Ramsar | designation1_offname = Western District Lakes | designation1_date = 15 December 1982 | designation1_number = 268[1]}} The Western District Lakes of Victoria, in the Western District of Victoria, south-eastern Australia, were recognised on 15 December 1982 as wetlands of international importance by listing under the Ramsar Convention, as Ramsar site no.268. DescriptionThe site comprises nine lakes with a combined area of {{convert|329|km2}}, varying in depth and salinity from fresh water to hypersaline.[2] They include State Wildlife Reserves and Lake Reserves and serve as drought refuges for tens of thousands of waterbirds. Several threatened plants occur within the site, including the endangered Lepidium ashersonii. The lakes are used for various purposes, including recreational fishing and duck hunting as well as grazing, commercial fishing, and wastewater disposal. The lakes lie in a basaltic grassland landscape at an altitude of {{convert|40|–|90|m}} above sea level. Average annual rainfall (recorded at Beeac) is {{convert|617|mm}}.[3] Lakes included in the site are:[4]
BirdsThe Ramsar-listed lakes, along with other nearby lakes have been identified by BirdLife International as a {{convert|384|km2}} Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support over 1% of the world populations of Australian shelducks, chestnut teals and banded stilts and irregularly support over 1% of the world populations of freckled ducks, musk ducks, blue-billed ducks, black swans, Australasian shovellers, pink-eared ducks, hoary-headed grebes, straw-necked ibises, sharp-tailed sandpipers and white-headed stilts.[4][5] The additional lakes in the IBA are:[4]
Other birds for which the lakes occasionally support high numbers include double-banded plovers, red-necked avocets, Eurasian coots, great crested grebes, Australian pelicans, great cormorants, little pied cormorants, grey teals, whiskered terns, hardheads and red-necked stints.[4] See also{{Stack|{{portal|Victoria|Water|Environment}}}}
References1. ^{{Cite web|title=Western District Lakes|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/268|accessdate=25 April 2018}} {{Lakes of Victoria |state=collapsed}}{{Ramsar sites in Australia}}{{coord|38|10|S|143|31|E|display=title|region:AU-VIC_type:waterbody}}{{VictoriaAU-geo-stub}}2. ^ Hale, J. and Butcher, R. “Western District Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description”, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2017. 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-pubs-annolist-annotated-ramsar-16713/main/ramsar/1-30-168%5E16713_4000_0__ |title= The Annotated Ramsar List: Australia |accessdate= 19 July 2011 |work= |publisher= The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands |date= 4 January 2000 }} 4. ^1 2 3 BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Corangamite Complex. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-19. 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Lake Corangamite complex |accessdate=2011-07-19 |work= Birdata |first= |last= |publisher=Birds Australia |date= }} 4 : Lakes of Victoria (Australia)|Ramsar sites in Australia|Important Bird Areas of Victoria (Australia)|Western District (Victoria) |
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