Booragoon Lake is a small freshwater lake in suburban Perth, Western Australia.
Booragoon Lake | |
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Location | Perth, Western Australia |
Coordinates | 32°02′40″S 115°50′34″E / 32.04444°S 115.84278°E |
Type | Freshwater |
Primary inflows | Stormwater |
Primary outflows | evaporation |
Catchment area | 19 hectares (47 acres) |
Basin countries | Australia |
Designation | Beeliar Regional Park |
Max. length | 350 metres (1,148 ft) |
Max. width | 200 metres (656 ft) |
Surface area | 4.09 hectares (10 acres) |
Max. depth | 1.5 metres (5 ft) |
Shore length1 | 841 metres (2,759 ft) |
Islands | 0.37 hectares (1 acre) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
The freshwater lake is situated in the suburb of Booragoon and is bounded by Leach Highway, Lang Street and Aldridge Road. It makes up part of the eastern wetland of the Beeliar Regional Park along with Blue Gum Lake and North Lake. The reserve that the lake is part of has a total area of 23,161 square metres (6 acres).[1]
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edit- ^ "Booragoon Lake Reserve Management Plan" (PDF). 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.