Blue Lake (Queensland)
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Blue Lake is a lake located on North Stradbroke Island in the Australian state of Queensland about 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of the state capital of Brisbane. The lake which is known as a "window lake" and is just under 10 metres (33 ft) deep when full. Water from the lake overflows into the Eighteen Mile Swamp. The aboriginal name for Blue Lake is Karboora. Environmental studies have revealed the lake has been uniquely stable for thousands of years. Blue Lake was the focus for research on environmental change in which numerous indicators such as water discharge, water quality, pollen and algae samples were examined to understand the history of the lake. The lake is home to the Ornate_rainbowfish also known as the soft spined sunfish In 1980, the lake was described in the entry on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate for the Blue Lake National Park as follows: Blue Lake is a watertable lake in the coastal sandmass of North Stradbroke Island. Although only relatively small, Blue Lake contains a diversity of habitats & species, including: Blue Lake, a boomerang-shaped watertable window lake; Tortoise Lagoon, a perched lake receding to swamp that fluctuates between swamp and a lagoon depending on rainfall; and other swamps; examples of dry sclerophyll forest, scrub heath, marshes, herbfields, associated linear swamps with surrounding eucalypt open forest and mallee
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