Lake Gairdner is a large drainage lake in central South Australia , considered to be Australia 's fourth largest salt lake when it is filled with water.
| Lake | |
| Gardner | |
|---|---|
| English Lake gairdner | |
 Southern tip of the lake | |
| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | 121 m |
| Dimensions | ≈ 160 × ≈ 48 km |
| Location | |
| A country |
|
| Region | South Australia |
It is a large lake with salt marshes in the Australian state of South Australia, north of the Eyre Peninsula . Being filled with water, the lake is the third largest salt lake in Australia [1] .
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Description
The size of the lake is more than 160 km long and 48 km wide with a thickness of salt deposits reaching up to 1.2 meters in some places. It is located west of Lake Torrens , 150 km northwest of Port Augusta and 440 km northwest of Adelaide . The lake is located at an altitude of 121 m above sea level [2] .
Lake Gardner was named South Australian Governor Richard MacDonnell in October 1857 .
Lake Gerdner together with Lake Everard and Lake Harris make up the territory of Lake Gerdner National Park [3] . The lakes were once part of the inland sea, which stretched to the Gulf of Carpentaria [4] .
Six drying creeks feed the lake, including Garden Well Creek, Gorge Creek and Yeltabinna Creek [5] .
The land occupying Lake Gerdner was named by the Government of South Australia on April 26, 2013, Lake Gerdner [6] [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Largest Waterbodies . Geoscience Australia. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Lake Gairdner, Australia - 3373.980sq km - Facts, Map . " www.lakepedia.com . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ↑ South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2004), Lake Gairdner National Park management plan (PDF), Department for Environment and Heritage, p. ii, ISBN 978-0-7590-1079-6
- ↑ "Lake Gairdner National Park . " Explore Australia. 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Amend, Rita (2015). "Lake Gairdner - Gawler Ranges . " Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Search result for “Lake Gairdner (LOCB)” (Record no SA0067089) with the following layers selected - “Suburbs and Localities” and “Place names (gazetteer)” . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas . Archived on September 23, 2015. (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. October 31, 2012. Rack Plan 951. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
Literature
- Encyclopedic Geographic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ch. Ed. A. F. Treshnikov; Ed. col .: E. B. Alaev, P. M. Alampiev, A. G. Voronov and others. - M .: Sov. Encyclopedia, 1983.- S. 126.- 538 p. - 100,000 copies.
Links
- Lake Gairdner Management Plan (inaccessible link) . Archived November 11, 2004.