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Cheetham Wetlands, the Glossary

The Cheetham Wetlands are 420 hectares of artificial and natural lagoons, created on old salt works land on the western shores of Port Phillip Bay, Australia.^[1]

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Bodies of water of Victoria (state)
City of Hobsons Bay
City of Wyndham
Lagoons of Australia
Wetlands of Victoria (state)

Bird migration

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.

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The City of Wyndham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-western suburbs of Melbourne, within the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, between Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong.

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Common greenshank

The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders.

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Common tern

The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae.

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Crown land

Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown.

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Curlew sandpiper

The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.

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Double-banded plover

The double-banded plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus), known as the banded dotterel or pohowera in New Zealand, is a species of bird in the plover family.

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places.

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Fairy tern

The fairy tern (Sternula nereis) is a small tern which is native to the southwestern Pacific.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Hesperilla flavescens

Hesperilla flavescens, also known as the yellow sedge-skipper or yellowish skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

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Hobsons Bay

Hobsons Bay is a small open bay in Victoria, Australia, and is the northernmost part of the larger Port Phillip Bay.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses.

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Marine reserve

A marine reserve is a type of marine protected area (MPA).

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Marsh sandpiper

The marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is a small wader.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Melbourne Water

Melbourne Water is an Australian statutory authority owned by the Victorian State Government, which controls and manages much of the water bodies and supplies in metropolitan Melbourne, the capital of Victoria.

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Natural Heritage Trust

The Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), or National Heritage Trust Account was set up in 1997 by means of the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997, with the main objective of conserving the "natural capital infrastructure" of Australia.

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Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

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Nutrient pollution

Nutrient pollution, a form of water pollution, refers to contamination by excessive inputs of nutrients.

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Orange-bellied parrot

The orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) is a small parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only three species of parrot that migrate.

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Parks Victoria

Parks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria, Australia.

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Port Phillip

Port Phillip (Kulin: Narm-Narm) or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).

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Red-necked avocet

The red-necked avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) also known as the Australian avocet, cobbler, cobbler's awl, and painted lady, is a wader of the family Recurvirostridae that is endemic to Australia and is fairly common and widespread throughout, except for the north and north east coastal areas of the country.

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Red-necked stint

The red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a small migratory wader.

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Salt evaporation pond

A salt evaporation pond is a shallow artificial salt pan designed to extract salts from sea water or other brines.

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Salt marsh

A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Saltern

A saltern is an area or installation for making salt.

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Sharp-tailed sandpiper

The sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) is a small-medium migratory wader or shorebird, found mostly in Siberia during the summer breeding period (June to August) and Australia for wintering (September to March).

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Siltation

Siltation is water pollution caused by particulate terrestrial clastic material, with a particle size dominated by silt or clay.

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Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator.

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Stormwater

Stormwater, also written storm water, is water that originates from precipitation (storm), including heavy rain and meltwater from hail and snow.

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Water quality

Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water based on the standards of its usage.

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Werribee, Victoria

Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the local government area of the City of Wyndham.

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Wetland

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.

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Wetland conservation

Wetland conservation is aimed at protecting and preserving areas of land including marshes, swamps, bogs, and that are covered by water seasonally or permanently due to a variety of threats from both natural and anthropogenic hazards.

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Woodland

A woodland is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see differences between British, American and Australian English explained below).

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World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetham_Wetlands

Cheetham Wetlands, the Glossary

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See also

Bodies of water of Victoria (state)

City of Hobsons Bay

City of Wyndham

Lagoons of Australia

Wetlands of Victoria (state)

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