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Lake Argyle and other wetlands of the Ord and the Kimberley are important habitats while there are important populations of shorebirds in the Ord estuary, Eighty-mile Beach and Roebuck Bay, which has been described as " one of the most important stop-over areas for shorebirds in Australia and globally ".
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Lake and Argyle
Colchester is home to Argyle Lake State Park.
* Argyle Lake State Park ( located in nearby Colchester )
Argyle Lake: A main attraction in the town of Babylon.
The grounds, which included a large millpond, Blythebourne Lake became renamed Argyle Lake, for one of the hotel ’ s largest investors and town aristocrat, the heir to the Dukedom of Argyll.
Just before the turn of the century ( 1900 ) the township of Babylon renamed the Bythbourne Lake / Park to Argyle Lake / Park ( Argyll evolved to the currently accepted Argyle ) in memory of the duke's visit.
There is also a thriving tourism industry with most tourist operators capitalising on the scenery of the Ord River, Lake Argyle, Diversion Dam and other local locations, including the relatively nearby Bungle Bungles.
In 1968 the second stage of the scheme was started with the building of the Ord River Dam ( or Ord River Main Dam ), known locally as " Top Dam ," which holds back the waters of Lake Argyle.
" The Ord River Dam flooded the land of the Argyle Downs station, the home station of the pioneering Durack family, to form what has become known as Lake Argyle.
Stone work from the original Argyle Downs homestead, was removed before Lake Argyle filled and was re-erected near the dam site to become the Argyle Downs Homestead Museum.
Lake Argyle, Australia's largest artificial lake, over in size, is 72 km by road from the town, being held back by the main Ord River Dam.
* Lake Argyle, an artificial lake in Western Australia
The Kimberley is a popular tourist destination, with areas such as the Bungle Bungle, the Gibb River Road, Lake Argyle, El Questro Station, Horizontal Falls and Cape Leveque.
Barramundi are bred in Lake Argyle ; and Broome features a fully equipped Aquaculture Park near the port which is tenanted by amongst others Paspaley Pearls and Broome TAFE.
It is located to the southwest of Lake Argyle in the Matsu Ranges, about southwest of Darwin.
* Goose Lake ( Argyle ), Nova Scotia
In areas such as Lake Argyle and Katherine Gorge there exist a handful of confirmed individuals.
Lake Argyle is Australia's largest artificial lake by volume.
Lake and other
* 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
Some parts of Austin are served by other districts, including Round Rock, Pflugerville, Leander, Manor, Del Valle, Lake Travis, Hays, and Eanes ISDs.
Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.
The Therapeutae, pagan ascetic hermits and loosely organized cenobitic communities described by the Hellenized Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria in the first century, were long established in the harsh environments by Lake Mareotis close to Alexandria, and in other less-accessible regions.
In 1981 the two countries went to the brink of war over Bakassi and another area around Lake Chad, at the other end of the two countries ' common border.
The only other lakes of importance in Chad are Lake Fitri, in Batha Prefecture, and Lake Iro, in the marshy southeast.
Claudius also presented naval battles to mark the attempted draining of the Fucine Lake, as well as many other public games and shows.
They include the noted Langdale axe industry in the English Lake District, quarries developed at Penmaenmawr in North Wales and numerous other locations.
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Detroit River from Lake Erie upstream to Lake St. Clair.
Cazenovia Lake to the east, although smaller, is sometimes called " the twelfth Finger Lake ," because it is similar in shape, located in Appalachian hill terrain, with a historic village linked to other Finger Lakes by US 20.
General Ma Bufang and other high ranking Muslim Generals attended the Kokonuur Lake Ceremony where the God of the Lake was worshipped, and during the ritual, the Chinese national anthem was sung, all participants bowed to a Portrait of Kuomintang party founder Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and the God of the Lake was also bowed to, and offerings were given to him by the participants, which included the Muslims.
The ancient Lake Makgadikgadi dominated the area, covering the Makgadikgadi Pan and other areas, until its final drainage some 10, 000 years ago.
His significant projects in the U. S. include in Chicago and the area: the residential towers of 860 – 880 Lake Shore Dr, the Chicago Federal Center complex, the Farnsworth House, Crown Hall and other structures at IIT ; and the Seagram Building in New York.
This includes one of only two known cyprinid species flocks ( the other, from Lake Lanao in the Philippines, has been decimated by introduced species ), which consists of fifteen relatively large, up to long, Labeobarbus barbs.
Lake Erie's water level fluctuates with the seasons as in the other Great Lakes.
Like the other Great Lakes, Lake Ontario used to have an important commercial fishery.
* Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation and Animals, compared with those of other and similar regions ( Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 )
* September 24, 2005, Rita ( Category 3 at landfall ) struck southwestern Louisiana, flooding many parishes and cities along the coast, including Cameron Parish, Lake Charles, and other towns.
Trawling has been forbidden in Lake Ladoga since 1956 and some other restrictions were imposed.
The Lake of the Hirsel, Pressmennan Lake and Lake Louise are other bodies of water in Scotland which are called lakes and all are man-made.
Lake and wetlands
Lake Chad is the second largest lake in west Africa and is one of the most important wetlands on the continent.
It is located on Stony Lake in a wooded area with wetlands.
The campground is on the shores of Big Wolf Lake and consists of of forest and wetlands.
Much of Perth was originally built on a series of freshwater wetlands running from Herdsman Lake in the west through to Claisebrook Cove in the east.
Lake Eyre and the other seasonal wetlands are important habitats for fish and birds, especially as a breeding ground for waterbirds while the rivers are home to birds, bats and frogs.
The seasonal wetlands of the ecoregion include Lake Eyre and the Coongie Lakes as well as the swamps that emerge when Cooper Creek, Strzelecki Creek and the Diamantina River are in flood.
However, the fresh-and salt-water wetlands along the eastern and northern edges of the Great Salt Lake provide critical habitat for millions of migratory shorebirds and waterfowl in western North America.
draining of wetlands for agricultural use ; deforestation ; overgrazing ; soil erosion ; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria ; poaching is widespread
The size of Lake Chad greatly varies seasonally with the flooding of the wetlands areas.
Settlers reclaimed Tulare Lake and its wetlands for agricultural development.
Paths around Willow Lake, the smaller and higher of the two lakes, in a natural wetlands area in the little-used far southern section of the park, are currently closed to the public.
Originally, areas including the Maylands Peninsula, Ascot and Burswood, through Claise Brook and north of the city to Herdsman Lake were swampy wetlands.
The refuge consists of of swamp and wetlands ' surrounding Lake Drummond.
The preserve is part of the Axe Lake Swamp wetlands complex which supports at least eight rare plant and animal species.
The number of endemic species in Lake Baikal in Russia classifies it as a hotspot for biodiversity and one of the most biodiverse wetlands in the entire world.
Important large scale wetlands, known as the Blackwater, and lakes such as Lake Jasper and Lake Yeagarup are found within the park boundaries.
It is mainly a camp for kids, it has a forest, wetlands, and is on the shore of Crispell Lake.
Most of the city is heavily wooded, on moraine topography with many slopes and wetlands and three small private lakes-Hornbeam Lake, Horseshoe Lake and the eponymous Sunfish Lake.
About one third of the city is permanently reserved for park purposes, including two large natural areas-the Minnesota Valley's wetlands ( controlled by the City and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ) and the Hyland Lake Park Reserve ( controlled by the Three Rivers Park District ).
Garrison Lake, a freshwater lake that is annually stocked with trout, is a natural lagoon that exists within city boundaries, along with a large amount of wetlands.
West Point is located along the eastern shoreline of the Great Salt Lake, and an extensive network of wetlands is strung along the western boundaries.
* Scriber Lake Park Twenty-two acre of wetlands south of Wilcox Park.
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