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Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre salt crust Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre seen from an aircraft, showing pink colouration from algae Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre South. Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre is in the deserts of central Australia, in northern South Australia. The Lake Eyre Basin is a large endorheic system surrounding the lakebed, the lowest part of which is ...
The Lake Eyre basin (/ ɛər / AIR) is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia.It is the largest endorheic basin in Australia and amongst the largest in the world, covering about 1,200,000 square kilometres (463,323 sq mi), including much of inland Queensland, large portions of South Australia and the Northern Territory, and a part of western New South Wales.
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park (formerly Lake Eyre National Park) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. It is located 697 km north of the state capital of Adelaide within the gazetted locality of Lake Eyre. [3] It contains both the North and South sections of Lake Eyre as well as sections of the Tirari Desert. [4]
Lake Eyre is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 718 kilometres (446 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide and 134 kilometres (83 miles) north of the town of Marree and which is associated with the occasional body of water known as Lake Eyre. [1]
1916 map of Tirari Desert and environs. (Note:the desert is not labelled or delineated) The Tirari Desert features salt lakes and large north–south running sand dunes. [3] [4] It is located partly within the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park. [5] It lies mainly to the east of Lake Eyre North. Cooper Creek runs through the centre of the desert.
The Aboriginal name for the basin is Kati Thanda. This was incorporated into the European name Lake Eyre in 2012 to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre. [ 26 ] The South Australian catchment areas are part of the land called Kirrenderri and inhabited by the Mithaka people for nearly 50 000 years.
Along the way, the track passes the settlements of Oodnadatta and William Creek, [4] the southern lake of the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park, and mound springs known as Freeling Springs, Strangways Springs, and The Bubbler and Blanche Cup (Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs). [5]
Lake Dutton: Saline: Far North: 13: Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre: Saline endorheic: Far North: Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park; Elliot Price Conservation Park: 950,000