Lake Wollumboola
{{Short description| Lake in the state of New South Wales, Australia}}
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| image = Wollumboola 2020-04-24 Sentinel 2 SR.png
| alt = Satellite photo of Lake Wollumboola
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| location = New South Wales, Australia
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File:Black.swans.slimb.750pix.jpg
Lake Wollumboola is a {{convert|648|ha}} coastal lake in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies to the immediate south of the town of Culburra Beach and to the north of Jervis Bay. It forms part of Jervis Bay National Park. The lake is separated from the ocean by a berm about {{convert|100|m}} wide which breaches only when the lake fills to over {{convert|2.5|m}} above mean sea level.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Wollumboola. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/08/2011.
Birds
The lake has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it often supports over 1% of the world population of black swans, especially in drought years, as well as of chestnut teals.{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Lake Wollumboola |accessdate=2011-08-01 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archivedate=2011-07-06 }}
References
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{{Lakes of New South Wales |state=autocollapse}}
Category:Important Bird Areas of New South Wales
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