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Goyder Lagoon, the Glossary

The Goyder Lagoon is a large ephemeral swamp in the Australian state of South Australia in the state's Far North region.^[1]

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Floodplains of Australia
Lagoons of Australia
Lake Eyre basin
Lakes of South Australia
Wetlands of South Australia

A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia

A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) is a list of wetlands of national importance to Australia published by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian tern

The Australian tern or Australian gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon macrotarsa) is a tern in the family Laridae.

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Banded whiteface

The banded whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Birdsville Track

The Birdsville Track is an outback road in Australia. Goyder Lagoon and Birdsville Track are far North (South Australia).

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Black honeyeater

The black honeyeater (Sugomel nigrum) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

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Chirruping wedgebill

The chirruping wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) is a medium-sized member of the genus Psophodes, which consists or four to five songbirds endemic to Australia.

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Cinnamon quail-thrush

The cinnamon quail-thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum) is cryptic arid-zone species that is endemic to Australia.

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Clifton Hills Station

Clifton Hills Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the far north of South Australia. Goyder Lagoon and Clifton Hills Station are far North (South Australia).

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Department for Infrastructure and Transport

The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT), formerly known as the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI), is a department of the Government of South Australia.

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Diamantina River

The Diamantina River is a major river in Central West Queensland and the far north of South Australia. Goyder Lagoon and Diamantina River are floodplains of Australia and lake Eyre basin.

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Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae.

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Ephemerality

Ephemerality (from the Greek word ἐφήμερος, meaning 'lasting only one day') is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly.

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Eyre Creek (Lake Eyre basin)

Eyre Creek is a tributary of the Warburton River.

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Eyrean grasswren

The Eyrean grasswren (Amytornis goyderi) is a small grasswren from the Passerine family Maluridae. Goyder Lagoon and Eyrean grasswren are lake Eyre basin.

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Far North (South Australia)

The Far North is a region that covers about 70 per cent of the Australian state of South Australia.

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Floodplain

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.

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Freckled duck

The freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa) is a waterfowl species endemic to Australia.

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George Goyder

George Woodroffe Goyder (24 June 1826 – 2 November 1898) was a surveyor in the Colony of South Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

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The Georgina River is the north-westernmost of the three major rivers of the Channel Country in Central West Queensland, that also flows through a portion of the Northern Territory, in central Australia. Goyder Lagoon and Georgina River are lake Eyre basin.

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Gibberbird

The gibberbird (Ashbyia lovensis) is a species of chat within the Meliphagidae family of passerine birds.

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Grey grasswren

The grey grasswren (Amytornis barbatus) is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.

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Heron

Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 72 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.

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Ibis

The ibis (collective plural ibises; classical plurals ibides and ibes) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Inland dotterel

The inland dotterel (Peltohyas australis) is an endemic bird of the arid Australian interior.

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International non-governmental organization

An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope.

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Letter-winged kite

The letter-winged kite (Elanus scriptus) is a small, rare and irruptive bird of prey that is found only in Australia.

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Mulligan River

The Mulligan River is a tributary of Eyre Creek in the Channel Country region of southwest Queensland.

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Pastoral lease

A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands.

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Pied honeyeater

The pied honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus) is a species of bird in the family of honeyeaters Meliphagidae and the sole species in the genus Certhionyx (Christidis & Boles 2008).

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Protected area

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Royal spoonbill

The royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) also known as the black-billed spoonbill, occurs in intertidal flats and shallows of fresh and saltwater wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.

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Salt lake

A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre).

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South Australia

South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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Surveyor General of South Australia

The Surveyor General of South Australia (also stylised Surveyor-General) is a position originally created for the Surveyor General for the colony of South Australia.

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Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland.

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Warburton River

The Warburton River (or Warburton Creek) is a freshwater stream in the far north of South Australia that flows southwest and discharges into the eastern side of Lake Eyre. Goyder Lagoon and Warburton River are far North (South Australia) and lake Eyre basin.

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