Kallakoopah Creek

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Kallakoopah
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Map of the Lake Eyre Basin showing the Warburton River
Location
Country Australia
State South Australia
Region Far North
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Gason
 - elevation17 m (56 ft)
Mouth Warburton River
 - coordinates 27°29′S138°15′E / 27.483°S 138.250°E / -27.483; 138.250 Coordinates: 27°29′S138°15′E / 27.483°S 138.250°E / -27.483; 138.250
 - elevation−5 m (−16 ft)
Length353 km (219 mi)
Basin features
River system Lake Eyre Basin
Waterholes Dunchadunchadinna, Kuncherinna, Anarowdinna, Kalanchadinna, Murdawadinna and Muckratuckaalinna
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The Kallakoopah Creek, part of the Lake Eyre basin, is a watercourse located in the southern part of the Simpson Desert in the Australian state of South Australia. It is an anabranch of Warburton Creek. [2]

Lake Eyre basin Place in Queensland, Australia

The Lake Eyre basin is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia. The Lake Eyre Basin 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.

Simpson Desert desert in Central Australia

The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth-largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km2 (68,100 sq mi) and is the world's largest sand dune desert.

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

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References

  1. ↑ "Map of Kallakoopah Creek, SA". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Rothwell, Nicolas (18 August 2007). "Found: the secret river in the nation's parched desert". The Australian . Retrieved 2007-08-19.
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