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Lake St. Lucia : ウィキペディア英語版 | Lake St. Lucia Lake St Lucia (Lake Saint Lucia) is an estuarine lake system in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the largest estuarine lake in Southern Africa, covering an area of approximately 350 km 2, and falls within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (a World Heritage Site). The lake was named ''Santa Lucia'' by Manuel Perestrerello on 13 December 1575, the day of the feast of Saint Lucy.〔Santa Lucia: http://www.santalucia.co.za/history.php, retrieved 8 August 2015〕 It was later renamed to St. Lucia. St Lucia Lake harbours rich fauna, including crocodiles, hippopotami, various birds and invertebrates.〔Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. 2012. Diversity of bivalve molluscs in the St Lucia Estuary, with an annotated and illustrated checklist. ''African Invertebrates'' 53 (2): 503-525.()〕〔Perissinotto, R., Taylor, R.H., Carrasco, N.K. & Fox, C. 2013. Observations on the bloom-forming jellyfish ''Crambionella stuhlmanni'' (Chun, 1896) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. ''African Invertebrates'' 54 (1): 161–170.()〕 ==Flora== More than 2,180 species of flowering plants have been documented in the St Lucia lake system.
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