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Nam Sang Wai Shan Puir Iver Legend Project Boundary Study Area (500m) Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site Mai Po Nature Reserve Priority Sites for Enhanced Conservation Site of Special Scientific Interest Conservation Area Wetland Conservation Area Wetland Buffer Area Tung Shing Lei Egretry K am T in Riv er r e v i R i u P n Nam Sang Wai a h S Kam Ti ld n R O i ver Revision Description Designed Reviewed Drawn Checked Initial PSY MC PSY MC Date 12/19 12/19 12/19 12/19 - Figure 8.1 A3: 1:20,000 0 500 1,000 2,000 Meters Legend Proposed DWF Pumping Station Project Boundary Study Area Survey Transect Freshwater Sampling Location Proposed DWF Intertidal Bentihc Sampling Location Pumping Station Location of Infra-red Auto-trigger Camera Habitat Agricultural Land Channelised Watercourse Developed Area Shrubland Mangrove Plantation Pond Reedbed Semi-natural Watercourse Tidal Marsh Floral Species of Conservation Impor tance Aquilaria sinensis Faunal Species of Conservation Impo rtance Mammal Leopard Cat Small Indian Civet Reptile Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle Butterfly Common Awl Danaid Egg-fly Forget-me-not Lesser Band Dart Malayan Pale Palm Dart Swallowtail Tiny Grass Blue Fish Gobiopterus macrolepis Aquatic Invertebrate Greasyback Shrimp Firefly 0 125 250 500 Mai Po Bent-winged Firefly Meters Agreem ent No. CE 6/2010 (DS) Legend Project Boundary Study Area (500m) Watercourses Yuen Long Town Nullah (YLTN) - Section 1 Yuen Long Town Nullah (YLTN) - Section 2 Yuen Long Town Nullah (YLTN) - Section 3 Yuen Long Town Nullah (YLTN) - Section 4 Old Kam Tin River (KTR) Yuen Long Bypass Floodway (YLBF) Shan Pui River (SPR) Sham Chung River (SCR) 0 125 250 500 Minor Channelised Watercourse Meters Agreement No. CE 6/2010 (DS) .
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