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Lake Urana Nature Reserve
New South Wales
Lake Urana Nature Reserve is located in New South Wales
Lake Urana Nature Reserve
Lake Urana Nature Reserve
Location in New South Wales
Nearest town or city Urana
Established April 1996 (1996-04)
Area 3.02 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Managing authorities NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Website Lake Urana Nature Reserve
See also Protected areas of
New South Wales
Lake Urana
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Location Riverina, New South Wales
Lake type Saline
Primary inflows Intermittent flooding from Cocketgedong Creek and Urana Creek
Primary outflows Evaporation
Basin countries Australia
Surface area 6,100 ha (15,000 acres)
Settlements Urana

The Lake Urana Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve situated adjacent to Lake Urana, a salt lake, that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales in eastern Australia. The 302-hectare (750-acre) reserve is situated near the rural locality of Urana. The 6,100-hectare (15,000-acre) lake is shallow and intermittently filled by flooding that forms in a natural depression. The lake fills every 10 to 20 years and retains water for several years; with no natural outflow, it is drained via evaporation.

Features

The woodland in the reserve includes yellow box and white cypress pine. Shrubs include thorny saltbush, ruby saltbush, western golden wattle, emu bush, and black cottongrass. Ground cover is made up of grasses and herbs, with over 70 species having been recorded, including wiregrass, speargrass, and nodding chocolate lily. On the shore is a narrow area of red gum woodland.

Fauna includes eastern grey kangaroos, and 37 bird species have been identified. When the lake floods, waterbirds such as wood ducks, Pacific black duck, Australian grey teal, yellow-billed spoonbill, black-fronted dotterel, and magpie larks visit.

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