Yenyenning Lake

Yenyenning Lake and associated lakes,[1] are in the upper Avon River catchment area, and the source of the Western Australian Avon River and Swan River systems.

The lakes are part of what are called playa lake chains, and the system is often referred to as an example [2]

Situated in the West Australian Wheatbelt region, the lakes have had adjoining land heavily used for agriculture since European settlement in the region [3] The lakes occur in three adjoning local government areas, Beverley, Brookton and Quairading.

The resultant problems, including salinity issues, have been researched and investigated extensively [4]

Remnant vegetation that surrounds the lakes has been made into a nature reserve [5]

In the early twentieth century some of the lakes had been identified as either fresh or salty [6] and in the 1970s the lakes were known for duck shooting [7][8]

Notes

  1. ↑ The lakes associated with Yenyenning Lake are often referred to as the Yenyenning Lakes or the Yenyenning Lake System: Western Australia. Water and Rivers Commission; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management; URS Australia; Yenyening Lakes Management Committee; Yenyening Lakes Management Group (2002), Yenyenning Lakes management strategy, 2002-2012, Water and Rivers Commission, retrieved 19 November 2016
  2. ↑ Davis, Jennifer; Carling, Paul (2012), Playa lake chains: the example of the Yenyening Lakes of the upper Avon River catchment of Western Australia, Springer, retrieved 19 November 2016
  3. ↑ Western Australia. Yenyenning Lakes Working Group; Western Australia. Dept. of Lands and Surveys; Western Australian Wildlife Research Centre (1985), Yenyenning Lakes : agricultural land aspects, Western Australian Wildlife Research Centre], retrieved 19 November 2016
  4. ↑ Lane, J. A. K; Western Australia. Yenyenning Lakes Working Group (1994), The Yenyenning Lakes system : a report on experimental management of outflows at Qualandary Crossing from 1985-1990 and recommendations for future management, The Group, retrieved 19 November 2016
  5. ↑ Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Gunness, Ann G; Bushland Plant Survey Project (W.A.); Yenyening Lakes Management Committee (W.A.) (2003), A vegetation survey of Yenyening Lakes Nature Reserve and adjoining vegetation : shires of Beverley, Brookton and Quairading for the Yenyening Lakes Management Committee, Wildflower Society of W.A, retrieved 19 November 2016
  6. ↑ "THROUGH SOUTH CAROLING.". Western Mail. XXIII, (1,155). Western Australia. 15 February 1908. p. 21. Retrieved 19 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Duck shooting season opens on Saturday". The Beverley Times. 2, (1). Western Australia. 8 January 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Aerial inspection for duck traps". The Beverley Times. 65, (18). Western Australia. 15 May 1970. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.


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