Lake Towerrinning

Lake Towerrinning, also known as the Towerrinning Lake, is an excellent recreational facility in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. It is situated roughly 32 km (20 mi) south of Darkan, 44 km (27 mi) southwest of Wagin, and about 245 km (152 mi) southeast of Perth. Managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife, Lake Towerrinning is a permanent brackish lake spreading over an area of 180 ha (440-acre) and is mostly situated within a 256 ha (630-acre) A-class nature reserve.

It is one of the few relatively fresh permanent, large water bodies valuable as a wildlife refuge. The lake forms an important part of the Towerrinning Lake and Moodiarrup Swamps Important Bird Area, as well as the Arthur River Wetlands System. The Blackwood basin surrounds it.

Lake Towerrinning has a catchment area of 6,000 ha (15,000 acres) with an average rainfall of 550 mm (22 in) per annum and an evaporation rate of 1,873 mm (73.7 in) per annum. It has an inlet swamp to the northwest, where water flows into the lake, and an outlet swamp at the southern end where the water drains out and eventually reaches the Arthur River. The catchment area surrounding the lake, a mix of low hills, gently undulating rises, narrow incised valleys, and wide flats, has duplex sandy gravelly soils and clay soils on the valley floors.

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