Tuggerah Lake
Lake in the state of New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the individual lake. For the series of three interconnected lakes, see Tuggerah Lakes.
Tuggerah Lake, an intermittently open intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary[1] that is part of the Tuggerah Lakes, is located within the Central Coast Council local government area in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is located near Wyong and is situated about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Sydney.
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Location | Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia |
Coordinates | 33°19′S 151°29′E |
Type | Intermittently open intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary[1] |
Primary inflows | Wyong River |
Primary outflows | The Entrance, Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean |
Catchment area | 714.5 square kilometres (275.9 sq mi)[2] |
Basin countries | Australia |
Surface area | 80.8 square kilometres (31.2 sq mi)[2] |
Average depth | 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in)[2] |
Water volume | 193,231.2 megalitres (6,823.90×10 |
Surface elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Settlements | The Entrance, Wyong |
Website | NSW Environment & Heritage webpage |
References | [3] |
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