🐦 Ord River Floodplain

Australia · Oceania · 15.25°S, 128.37°E

The Ord River floodplain is the floodplain of the lower Ord River in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. It lies within the Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregion and contains river, seasonal creek, tidal mudflat and floodplain wetlands, with extensive stands of mangroves, that support saltwater crocodiles and many waterbirds. It is recognised as an internationally important wetland area, with 1,384 square kilometres (534 sq mi) of it designated on 7 June 1990 as Ramsar Site 477 under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

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Country	Australia
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	15.25°S, 128.37°E · view on map

Ord River Floodplain is located in Australia, in Oceania.

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