The Collapse of the Peat Swamp

Extent of Damage

Map - Damage to Peat

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Source:

AWT, Implications of the Wingecarribee Peat Swamp Collapse on Water Quality within Wingecarribee Reservoir, Preliminary Investigations, November 99, p. 4.

 
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