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Peery Lake
Peery Lake is a fresh water lake on the Paroo River, north of Wilcannia, New South Wales, Far West (New South Wales), Far West New South Wales. Peery Lake is an ephemeral lake, in area and is a Ramsar site. Setting The lake in North western New South Wales is between Paroo-Darling National Park and Nocoleche Nature Reserve. This region has a Köppen climate classification of BSh (Hot semi-desert) ''(directFinal Revised Paper'' and is considered to be desert. This stretch of the Paroo River valley represents an oasis in the otherwise arid and featureless landscape of the northwest New South Wales. Significance The area has been declared a Ramsar Site. The area is the traditional lands of the Wanjiwalku, Wandjiwalgu and Paakantyi Australian Aboriginal, Aboriginal.Westbrooke, M., J. Leversha, M. Gibson, M. O'Keefe, R. Milne, S. Gowans, C. Harding, and K. Callister. 2003. The vegetation of Peery Lake area, Paroo-Darling National Park, western New South Wales. Cunninghamia 8: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far West (New South Wales)
The Far West region of New South Wales, Australia refers generally to the western part of the state, which is too dry to support wheat or other crops or intensive grazing, pastoral endeavours. It is west of the North West Slopes, New South Wales, North West Slopes, Central West, New South Wales, Central West and the Riverina. It is an area with limited rainfall. The only major rivers found in it are the Darling River and the Murray River (on its southern edge), which originate in the Great Dividing Range to the east. The region corresponds to the combination of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's forecast areas of ''Upper Western'' and ''Lower Western''. It also corresponds to the Western Division (New South Wales), Western Division established under the New South Wales ''Western Lands Act 1901''. The only city in the Far West is Broken Hill, New South Wales, Broken Hill. Other significant towns are Bourke, New South Wales, Bourke, Brewarrina, New South Wales, Brewarrina, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
