Lake Buchanan | |
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World Wind image of Lake Buchanan, 2010. | |
Location | 163 km South West of Charters Towers, Queensland |
Coordinates | 21°31′57″S 145°50′56″E / 21.5324°S 145.849°E |
Type | Salt lake |
Catchment area | Thomson River |
Basin countries | Australia |
Max. length | 21 km (13 mi) |
Max. width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Surface area | 117 km2 (45 sq mi) [1] |
Lake Buchanan is a flat salt lake at Pentland in North Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 28 km long and 8 km wide at its widest point, with a surface area of about 117 km2. It is part of the Thomson River catchment and part of the Desert Uplands bioregion. [1] [2]
Lake Buchanan is different from all other salt lakes in Australia because it occurs at a high elevation - on the Great Dividing Range. The lake is shallow and the water tends to be brackish. [1] The land around the lake is used for grazing. [1]
Lake Buchanan contains a number of significant species which are newly discovered and most probably endemic. [2] These include the Lake Buchanan button grass, fringing rush, Lake Buchanan fringe rush, Lawrenica buchananensis (Malvaceae), and Buchanan's fairy shrimp. The Lake Buchanan blue bush is a threatened species belonging to the genus Chenopodium.
Lake Buchanan | |
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World Wind image of Lake Buchanan, 2010. | |
Location | 163 km South West of Charters Towers, Queensland |
Coordinates | 21°31′57″S 145°50′56″E / 21.5324°S 145.849°E |
Type | Salt lake |
Catchment area | Thomson River |
Basin countries | Australia |
Max. length | 21 km (13 mi) |
Max. width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Surface area | 117 km2 (45 sq mi) [1] |
Lake Buchanan is a flat salt lake at Pentland in North Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 28 km long and 8 km wide at its widest point, with a surface area of about 117 km2. It is part of the Thomson River catchment and part of the Desert Uplands bioregion. [1] [2]
Lake Buchanan is different from all other salt lakes in Australia because it occurs at a high elevation - on the Great Dividing Range. The lake is shallow and the water tends to be brackish. [1] The land around the lake is used for grazing. [1]
Lake Buchanan contains a number of significant species which are newly discovered and most probably endemic. [2] These include the Lake Buchanan button grass, fringing rush, Lake Buchanan fringe rush, Lawrenica buchananensis (Malvaceae), and Buchanan's fairy shrimp. The Lake Buchanan blue bush is a threatened species belonging to the genus Chenopodium.