Description
The lake is almost circular in shape and has several smaller lakes located to the West including Lake Kubitch and Carbul Lake. A larger lake, Quallilup Lake is located further to the South near Shelley Beach. The lake and its surrounds are situated in the Albany-Fraser Orogen with alluvial sediments overlying gneiss, sandstone and limestone on a sub-coastal plain. The lake itself is a sub-terminal drainage basin. The wetland area has a total volume of 30 km3 (7 cu mi) and a total catchment area of 1,140,000 km2 (440,156 sq mi).
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