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The coastal zone of NSW extends over a range of around 1300
km, and together with the NSW component of the Lord Howe Island Province,
encompasses an area of over 1 million hectares (ha).
Approximately 30% of the coastline consists of rocky foreshores and headlands
and the remaining 70% is made up of 721 ocean beaches. NSW ocean waters
also contain 44 offshore islands.
There are 950 water courses along the NSW coastline including 130 estuaries
(72 permanently open to the sea), 15 major river systems, about 50 minor
rivers, 88 coastal lakes and eight drowned river valleys.
Within these estuaries and coastal water courses there are about 13,000 ha of mangrove, 18,000 ha of seagrass and 7,000 ha of salt marsh.
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 Myall Lakes in the Port Stephens- Great Lakes Marine Park has important seagrass areas surrounded by mangrove and saltmarsh |
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