Lake Magenta

Lake Magenta
Location	Shire of Kent, Western Australia
Coordinates	33°27′03″S 119°11′01″E / 33.45083°S 119.18361°E / -33.45083; 119.18361Coordinates: 33°27′03″S 119°11′01″E / 33.45083°S 119.18361°E / -33.45083; 119.18361
Lake type	salt lake
Primary outflows	Fitzgerald River Gairdner River
Basin countries	Australia
Max. length	22 km (14 mi)
Max. width	7 km (4 mi)
Surface area	11,000 ha (27,182 acres)[1]
Water volume	1,540,000 m3 (54,384,587 cu ft)[2]
Surface elevation	390 m (1,280 ft)[3]
References	[1][2][3]

Lake Magenta is an ephemeral salt lake in the Wheatbelt area of Western Australia.

The lake is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) North East of Jerramungup and approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) West of Ravensthorpe.

The lake is part of the Lake Magenta Nature Reserve as is the bushland to the West of the lake. The area is in relatively pristine condition and contains a rich array of flora and fauna. Water quality and the health of vegetation began to decline in the area as the salinity of surface runoff has begun to increase and groundwater levels have begun to rise.^[4]

The lake has a wetland area located to the South with two other lakes, Lake Morris and Lake Cobham to the East. Lake Lockhart is located a less than a kilometer to the North.

The lake is a broad flat-floored valley with long paleo-drainages to the North and more steeply incised drainage lines to the South. The soils in the area are described as siliceous and calcareous loamy soils of minimal development. The rest of the area is composed of hard and sandy alkaline yellow and mottled sands.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Lake Magenta". 2009. http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&p=61313&st=&s=Lake%20Magneta. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Avon River Basin Natural Resource Management Plan". 2004. http://www.avonnrm.org.au/nrm_information/supporting_documents/water_resources_supporting_document.pdf/file/at_download. Retrieved 2009-03-04. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "Lake Bryde Recovery Catchment paleochannel drillingInvestigation". 2006. http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/LWE/RPM/CATMAN/tr300_rshort.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
4. ^ "Department of Environment - State Government project to tackle salinity problem in Southern Wheatbelt". 2002. https://www.dec.wa.gov.au/news/minister-for-the-environment/state-government-project-to-tackle-salinity-problem-in-southern-wheatbelt.html. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
5. ^ "Preliminary Groundwater Investigations in Relation to Soil Salinity at Fitzgerald, Western Australia". 1982. http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/_archive/tr009.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-05.