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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 ...
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]
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.
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]
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).
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.
The lakes of the reserve lie to the right of Lake Eyre below the centre of the map. The Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area is a group of fossil sites located in the Australian state of South Australia within the Tirari Desert in the north-eastern part of the state's Far North region.
The Yalata Aboriginal lands cover 4580 km 2 (1770 sq mi) and span approximately 150 km (93 mi) of the Eyre Highway. Inland Anangu resettled on the land in 1995 and formed a community at Oak Valley. Regular movement of Anangu between Yalata and Oak Valley continued to occur.