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Stokes Inlet is an inlet in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The inlet is situated from Esperance in Stokes National Park and is set is a large river valley with permanent deep water and high dunes located on either side. Thick bushland and paperbark trees surround the inlet and grow down to the waters edge. It is in a largely unmodified condition. The inlet functions primarily as a result of wave energy and is a wave dominated estuary. == Geography == The inlet is managed by the Department of Environment and Conservation with a catchment that extends over inland and is fed by two main rivers: The Young and Lort River. The inlet itself is long and wide with an area of and receives an annual flow of 5 million cubic metres.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=South Coast Rivercare - Stokes Inlet )〕 The central basin has an area of with intertidal flats having an area of approximately .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Estuary Assessment framework - Estuary 637 - Stokes Inlet )〕 The mouth of the river is in the middle of Dunster Castle Bay, it is closed by a sandbar that cuts the estuary off from the sea and only opens every few years. As a result, the salinity and water level fluctuate greatly dependent upon the amount of evaporation and river flow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Department of Environment and Conservation - Park Finder )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stokes Inlet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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