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Lake Yamma Yamma, the Glossary

Lake Yamma Yamma is an ephemeral lake on the Cooper Creek system in the arid Channel Country of south-western Queensland, Australia.^[1]

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Lake Eyre basin
Lakes of Queensland
Saline lakes of Australia

Acacia stenophylla

Acacia stenophylla, commonly referred to as the shoestring acacia, is an evergreen tree in the family Fabaceae and native to Australia.

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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 bustard

The Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) is a large ground-dwelling bird that is common in grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

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The Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagrant in New Zealand.

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Australian pratincole

The Australian pratincole (Stiltia isabella) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae.

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Bird colony

A bird colony is a large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.

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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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Black-tailed nativehen

The black-tailed nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) is a rail native to Australia.

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Channel Country

The Channel Country is a region of outback Australia mostly in the state of Queensland but also in parts of South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. Lake Yamma Yamma and Channel Country are lake Eyre basin and south West Queensland.

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Cooper Creek

The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. Lake Yamma Yamma and Cooper Creek are lake Eyre basin and south West Queensland.

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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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Desert climate

The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation.

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Duma florulenta

Duma florulenta (synonym Muehlenbeckia florulenta), commonly known as tangled lignum or often simply lignum, is a plant native to inland Australia.

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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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Eucalyptus coolabah

Eucalyptus coolabah, commonly known as coolibah or coolabah, is a species of tree found in eastern inland Australia.

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Forb

A forb or phorb is an herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grass, sedge, or rush).

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Freckled duck

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

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Glossy ibis

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.

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Grassland

A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).

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Grey teal

The grey teal (Anas gracilis) is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Australia and New Zealand.

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Hardhead

The hardhead (Aythya australis), also known as the white-eyed duck, is the only true diving duck found in Australia.

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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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Lake

A lake is an often naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface.

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List of lakes of Australia

Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.

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Pacific black duck

The Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east.

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Pied stilt

The pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a shorebird in the family Recurvirostridae.

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Plumed whistling duck

The plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), also called the grass whistling duck, is a whistling duck that breeds in Australia.

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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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Sentinel-2

Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus Programme that acquires optical imagery at high spatial resolution (10 m to 60 m) over land and coastal waters.

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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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Shrubland

Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

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Sporobolus

Sporobolus is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.

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Whiskered tern

The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) is a tern in the family Laridae.

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White-winged tern

The white-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus or Chlidonias leucoptera), is a species of tern in the family Laridae.

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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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References

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

Lake Yamma Yamma, the Glossary

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See also

Lake Eyre basin

Lakes of Queensland

Saline lakes of Australia

References