Lake Magenta Explained

Lake Magenta
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Location:Wheatbelt, Western Australia
Coords:-33.4411°N 119.1836°W
Type:Salt lake
Inflow:Lake Lockhart
Basin Countries:Australia
Designation:Lake Magenta Nature Reserve
Length:22km (14miles)
Width:7km (04miles)
Area:110km2
Elevation:390m (1,280feet)
Reference:[1] [2] [3]
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Lake Magenta is an ephemeral salt lake in the Wheatbelt area of Western Australia.

The lake is located 55km (34miles) north-east of Jerramungup and 62km (39miles) east of Pingrup.

The lake is part of the 1080km2 Lake Magenta Nature Reserve as is the bushland to the west of the lake. The area is in relatively pristine condition and contains a rich array of flora and fauna. Water quality and the health of vegetation has begun to decline in the area as salinity of surface runoff has increased and groundwater levels have risen.[4]

Lake Magenta has a wetland area located to the south, and is on the southern end of an 80km (50miles) chain of lakes from Lake Biddy in the north, through Lake Stubbs (and the town of Newdegate), Lake Buchan and Lake Lockhart. There are three other lakes nearby to the east: Lake Morris, Lake Royston and Lake Cobham.

The lake is a broad flat-floored valley with long paleo-drainages to the north and more steeply incised drainage lines to the south. The soils in the area are described as siliceous and calcareous loamy soils of minimal development. The rest of the area is composed of hard and sandy alkaline yellow and mottled sands.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Lake Magenta. 2009. 4 March 2009.
  2. Web site: Avon River Basin Natural Resource Management Plan. 2004. 4 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106004224/http://www.avonnrm.org.au/nrm_information/supporting_documents/water_resources_supporting_document.pdf/file/at_download. 6 January 2009. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Lake Bryde Recovery Catchment paleochannel drillingInvestigation. 2006. 4 March 2009.
  4. Web site: Department of Environment - State government project to tackle salinity problem in Southern Wheatbelt. 2002. 5 March 2009. dead. https://archive.today/20120805204507/https://www.dec.wa.gov.au/news/minister-for-the-environment/state-government-project-to-tackle-salinity-problem-in-southern-wheatbelt.html. 5 August 2012. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Preliminary Groundwater Investigations in Relation to Soil Salinity at Fitzgerald, Western Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20080903094055/http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/_archive/tr009.pdf. dead. 3 September 2008. 1982. 5 March 2009.