[3] The lake and its surrounds are situated in the Albany-Fraser Orogen with alluvial sediments overlying gneiss, sandstone and limestone on a sub-coastal plain.

[5] The water quality and salinity levels are regularly monitored by local school students as part of the Ribbons of Blue program.

The wetlands support a narrow zone of woodland composed of saltwater paperbark, with an understorey of sedges such as coastal saw-sedge and Schoenus brevifolius.

It is important as a moulting site for Australian shelduck, and as a drought refuge for large numbers of ducks and shorebirds.

[5] The Lake Gore system has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports over 1% of the world population of hooded plovers and has also supported over 1% of the world populations of Australian shelducks and banded stilts.