PirieāTorrens corridor | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | South Australia |
Region | Far North |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Torrens |
• coordinates | 31Ā°56ā²27.7ā³S 137Ā°46ā²15.5ā³E / 31.941028Ā°S 137.770972Ā°E |
• elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
Mouth | Spencer Gulf |
• location | Emeroo |
• coordinates | 32Ā°24ā²15.6ā³S 137Ā°45ā²16.2ā³E / 32.404333Ā°S 137.754500Ā°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 59 km (37 mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Port Augusta [1] |
• average | 0.5 m3/s (18 cu ft/s) [1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Sandy Creek |
The PirieāTorrens corridor is an approximately 59 km (37 mi) long intermittent watercourse that serves as the only natural outlet of Lake Torrens, a large normally endorheic salt lake in central South Australia.
Only on two recorded occasions ā in 1836[ citation needed], and again in March 1989 ā has Lake Torrens filled high enough to flow out through the corridor to its outlet at the head of the Spencer Gulf. [2] [3] The corridor likely flowed in 1897. [4]
PirieāTorrens corridor | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | South Australia |
Region | Far North |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Torrens |
• coordinates | 31Ā°56ā²27.7ā³S 137Ā°46ā²15.5ā³E / 31.941028Ā°S 137.770972Ā°E |
• elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
Mouth | Spencer Gulf |
• location | Emeroo |
• coordinates | 32Ā°24ā²15.6ā³S 137Ā°45ā²16.2ā³E / 32.404333Ā°S 137.754500Ā°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 59 km (37 mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Port Augusta [1] |
• average | 0.5 m3/s (18 cu ft/s) [1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Sandy Creek |
The PirieāTorrens corridor is an approximately 59 km (37 mi) long intermittent watercourse that serves as the only natural outlet of Lake Torrens, a large normally endorheic salt lake in central South Australia.
Only on two recorded occasions ā in 1836[ citation needed], and again in March 1989 ā has Lake Torrens filled high enough to flow out through the corridor to its outlet at the head of the Spencer Gulf. [2] [3] The corridor likely flowed in 1897. [4]