Coyrecup Lake | |
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Location in Western Australia | |
Location | Great Southern, Western Australia |
Coordinates | 33°42′30″S 117°50′07″E / 33.70833°S 117.83528°E |
Type | saline |
Primary inflows | Groundwater and surface runoff |
Catchment area | 194,165 ha (479,790 acres)[1] |
Basin countries | Australia |
Surface area | 453 ha (1,120 acres)[1] |
Max. depth | 3 m (9.8 ft)[1] |
Water volume | 4,533,000 m3 (160,100,000 cu ft) (per metre of depth)[1] |
Coyrecup Lake is an ephemeral salt lake in Coyrecup, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia located approximately 25 km (16 mi) east of the town of Katanning and about 302 km (188 mi) south east of Perth. The lake is situated within the Coyrecup Nature Reserve,[2] and is part of the Blackwood River drainage basin and the Hardy Estuary-Coblinine River catchment.[3][4]