[2] The system is situated in the Shire of Kent, 34 kilometres (21 mi) south-west of Newdegate.

abdita (Remote Thorny Lignum) and Tecticornia verrucosa, has been declared a critically endangered threatened ecological community under the name "Bryde".

These factors have caused a severe decline in the extent and condition of the shrub beds.

[2][3] The Lake Bryde Nature Reserve was gazetted on 15 March 1968 and has a size of 16.35 square kilometres (6.31 sq mi).

It has also been found to support a substantially greater diversity of aquatic invertebrates than surrounding lake systems.