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comprise a chain of freshwater, brackish and saline
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61:The wetlands lie between the small towns of
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867:Small lakes, wetlands and ponds
200:"IBA: Natimuk-Douglas Wetlands"
1083:Liverpool Road Retarding Basin
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71:Little Desert National Park
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980:Water catchment reservoirs
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166:are occasionally seen.
148:sharp-tailed sandpipers
75:Grampians National Park
69:on the east, while the
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897:Hays Paddock Billabong
108:BirdLife International
98:is permitted on many.
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667:Yet to be classified
116:Australian shelducks
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1071:CSL Retarding Basin
927:La Trobe University
885:Bushy Park Wetlands
791:Carrum Carrum Swamp
152:blue-winged parrots
144:hoary-headed grebes
112:Important Bird Area
1213:Grampians (region)
965:Tirhatuan Wetlands
900:Hull Road Wetlands
894:Glen Iris Wetlands
891:Dandenong Wetlands
800:Edithvale Wetlands
128:red-capped plovers
124:red-necked avocets
41:region of western
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1173:141°49′01″E
1048:Upper Yarra
1028:O'Shannassy
945:Queens Park
935:Merri Creek
873:Anniversary
828:Lysterfield
765:Albert Park
758:Major lakes
595:St Leonards
575:Corangamite
491:Weeranganuk
322:Murtnaghurt
259:, Australia
136:black swans
57:Description
1260:Categories
1170:36°49′48″S
1092:Mornington
1068:Cheltenham
923:Treganowan
834:Point Cook
683:Keilambete
630:Reservoirs
570:Colongulac
546:Tali Karng
541:Purrumbete
456:Elingamite
441:Colongulac
416:Burrumbeet
391:Barracoota
377:Freshwater
367:Yambuk IBA
362:Wellington
307:Connewarre
170:References
140:grey teals
132:musk ducks
51:waterbirds
1089:Moorabbin
1074:Dandenong
1038:Sugarloaf
1023:Maroondah
1018:Greenvale
1014:Frankston
1007:Devilbend
957:Spectacle
920:Knoxfield
906:Kalparrin
853:Waterways
849:Sanctuary
845:Patterson
823:Lillydale
815:Karkarook
787:Caribbean
776:Blackburn
769:Aura Vale
740:Melbourne
688:Learmonth
605:Murdeduke
496:Wendouree
486:Terangoom
471:Kow Swamp
466:Hindmarsh
386:Albacutya
347:Tutchewop
312:Gippsland
210:29 August
92:paperbark
88:sedgeland
84:saltmarsh
80:ephemeral
47:Australia
36:semi-arid
1140:Category
1095:Mt. View
1053:Yan Yean
1002:Cardinia
948:Ringwood
909:Katoomba
888:Cairnlea
858:Westgate
805:Edwardes
781:Braeside
615:Victoria
600:Milangil
590:Gnarpurt
585:Dimboola
461:Eppalock
431:Cardross
426:Coradgil
421:Butchers
357:Victoria
289:wetlands
257:Victoria
43:Victoria
32:wetlands
1271:Wimmera
1152:Commons
1086:Mitcham
1043:Thomson
994:Bittern
961:Taylors
939:Newport
931:McAlpin
882:Burndap
879:Brodies
653:Mulwala
610:Tyrrell
580:Cundare
511:Glacial
446:Coorong
396:Benalla
302:Coleman
285:lagoons
283:lakes,
281:Coastal
204:Birdata
67:Natimuk
39:Wimmera
34:in the
1033:Silvan
968:Valley
913:Koomba
903:Iramoo
832:RAAF (
795:Cherry
713:Terang
703:Rosine
698:Marmal
678:Guyatt
648:Mokoan
536:Gnotuk
531:Condah
515:crater
481:Martin
411:Buloke
406:Bookar
287:, and
63:Goroke
1215:is a
810:Jells
751:Lakes
708:Round
693:Logan
565:Beeac
558:lakes
476:Lorne
436:Colac
379:lakes
352:Tyers
342:Reeve
337:Reedy
253:Lakes
102:Birds
1217:stub
876:Blue
643:Hume
556:Salt
451:Deep
401:Boga
317:King
212:2011
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