Frequency, 3 Supports waterbird Lake Criteria 3, 4 timing, size, rate of diversity, abundance Wyara, Lake and 5 low and duration of and habitat Numalla, the inundation smaller lakes (e.g. Nutrient Kaponyee, cycling Yumberarra and Karatta) and floodplain wetlands Frequency, 4 Supports threatened Habitat for Criteria 2,3, 4 timing, size, rate of wetland fauna the painted snipe and 5 flow and duration of and silver perch inundation includes: Lake Wyara, Lake Numalla, smaller lakes, waterholes and river channels, floodplain wetlands and vegetation communities Frequency, 5 Supports a notable Lake Criterion 3 timing, size, rate of diversity of native Wyara, Lake flow and duration of wetland fauna of the Numalla, the inundation bioregion smaller lakes, Biological floodplain wetlands, Processes (e.g. and other terrestrial extent of pest habitats species) 6 Supports a threatened Great Criteria 1 and hydrology - ecological community or Artesian Basin 2 occur where Communities Springs - each groundwater individual spring discharges varies in shape, naturally at margins water flow, or fault lines of the topographic and Great Artesian geographic Basin. location. processes Rainfall and recharge rates Climatic 7 Supports threatened Criteria 2, 3 (annual rainfall, species walkeri occurs in and 4 consistency of and around seasons, annual saltpans and temperature herblands patterns) Hydrology and inundation
3 Supports waterbird diversity, abundance and habitat Lake Wyara, Lake Numalla, the smaller lakes (e.g. Kaponyee, Yumberarra and Karatta) and floodplain wetlands Frequency, timing, size, rate of low and duration of inundation Nutrient cycling Criteria 3, 4 and 5 4 Supports threatened wetland fauna Habitat for the painted snipe and silver perch includes: Lake Wyara, Lake Numalla, smaller lakes, waterholes and river channels, floodplain wetlands and vegetation communities Frequency, timing, size, rate of flow and duration of inundation Criteria 2,3, 4 and 5 5 Supports a notable diversity of native wetland fauna of the bioregion Lake Wyara, Lake Numalla, the smaller lakes, floodplain wetlands, and other terrestrial habitats Frequency, timing, size, rate of flow and duration of inundation Biological Processes (e.g. extent of pest species) Criterion 3 6 Supports a threatened ecological community or Communities Great Artesian Basin Springs - each individual spring varies in shape, water flow, topographic and geographic location. hydrology - occur where groundwater discharges naturally at margins or fault lines of the Great Artesian Basin. processes Rainfall and recharge rates Criteria 1 and 2 7 Supports threatened species walkeri occurs in and around saltpans and herblands Climatic (annual rainfall, consistency of seasons, annual temperature patterns) Hydrology and inundation Criteria 2, 3 and 4