Forrestdale Lake

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Forrestdale
Location Forrestdale, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°09′25″S 115°56′10″E / -32.157, 115.936Coordinates: 32°09′25″S 115°56′10″E / -32.157, 115.936
Basin countries Australia
Surface area 246 hectares (608 acres)
Surface elevation 22 metres (72 ft)

Forrestdale is a lake in Forrestdale, Western Australia, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Perth, the state capital.

It is a brackish, seasonal lake with extensive fringing sedgeland typical of the Swan Coastal Plain, and constitutes a major breeding, migration stop-over and semi-permanent drought refuge area for waterbirds. The lake usually dries out in mid-summer.

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