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The basin underlies 22% of the Australian continent, [3] including most of Queensland, the south-east corner of the Northern Territory, north-eastern South Australia, and northern New South Wales. It is 3000 metres (9800 feet) deep in places and is estimated to contain 64,900 cubic kilometres (15,600 cubic miles) of groundwater . [ 4 ]
A map of the Lake Eyre Basin. The Lake Eyre Basin is the largest endorheic basin in Australia and is over 1.14 million square kilometres. [22] The basin lies in the north east of the state of South Australia. Its South Australian territory is predominantly semi-arid to arid land.
This article deals with surface water rather than groundwater basins, such as the Great Artesian Basin. Australia has twelve distinguished NCB Level 1 drainage divisions [1] or thirteen [2] after splitting the South East Coast division at the New South Wales–Victoria border as defined by the Australian Water Resources Assessment 2012, a ...
Gulf St Vincent (foreground) and Yorke Peninsula, facing south west. Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger Spencer Gulf, from which it is separated by Yorke Peninsula.
The bioregions that are located wholly or partly in South Australia are: [31] Broken Hill Complex (shared with New South Wales) Central Ranges (shared with Western Australia and Northern Territory) Channel Country (mostly in Queensland but also South Australia, New South Wales and Northern Territory) Eyre Yorke Block; Finke (shared with ...
Köppen climate types in South Australia Satellite image of eastern South Australia. Note the dry lakes (white patches) in the north. Southern areas of South Australia have a Mediterranean climate, while the rest of the state has a drier arid climate and semi-arid climate. [9] The state's mean temperature range is 29 °C in January and 15 °C ...
The Murraylands is a geographical region of the Australian state of South Australia (SA); its name reflects that of the river running through it. Lying due east of South Australia's capital city, Adelaide , it extends from the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges to the border with the state of Victoria , a distance of about 180 kilometres ...
Basin size: 1,350 km 2 ... in the Mid North region of the Australian state of South Australia. Course and features ... southern direction past the towns of ...