Cardross Lakes
Artificial lake in Mallee, Victoria
34°18′S 142°05′E / 34.300°S 142.083°E / -34.300; 142.083The Cardross Lakes are an irrigation drainage basin system located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-west of Mildura, in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. The lakes are notable for being the only known occurrence within Victoria of the Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon (Mogurnda adspersa), discovered in 1995,[1] believed to be extinct in Victoria since the 1930s.[2] The Murray hardyhead (Craterocephalus fluviatilis) can be found in the Cardross Basin.[3]
References
- ^ Inland Waters Theme Report Archived 27 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2008
- ^ "Southern purple spotted gudgeon". Native Fish Australia. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Protecting the Murray Hardyhead", Riverspace, 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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Waterways of the Mallee catchment, Victoria, Australia
- Lindsay
- Murray
- Boy
- Burra
- Butlers
- Cantala
- Chalka
- Finnigans
- Heywoods
- Inlet
- Lalbert
- Milky
- Mullaroo
- Mullroo
- Narcooyia
- Outlet (Mildura)
- Outlet (Yarriambiack)
- Parnee Malloo
- Potterwallkagee
- Ranka
- Sandy (Mildura)
- Thompson (Mildura)
- Toupnein
- Towrie
- Tyrrell
- Wakool
- Wallpolla
- Willipanance
- Yarriambiack
- Lake Agnes
- Lake Arawak
- Lake Bitterang
- Lake Brambruk
- Lake Brimin
- Lake Bulla
- Cardross Lakes
- Lake Cantala
- Lake Carpul
- Lake Coorong
- Lake Cullulleraine
- Lake Hattah
- Lake Hawthorn
- Heywood Lake
- Lake Irrak
- Lake Konardin
- Lake Kramen
- Lake Lockie
- Lake Mournpall
- Lake Powell
- Lake Ranfurly
- Rocket Lake
- Lake Tiboram
- Lake Tyrrell
- Lake Wahpool
- Lake Wallawalla
- Rivers of Victoria
- Lakes of Victoria
- Mallee catchment
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