Pirie–Torrens corridor | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | South Australia |
Region | Far North |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Torrens |
• coordinates | 31°56′27.7″S 137°46′15.5″E / 31.941028°S 137.770972°E |
• elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
Mouth | Spencer Gulf |
• location | Emeroo |
• coordinates | 32°24′15.6″S 137°45′16.2″E / 32.404333°S 137.754500°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 Pirie–Torrens 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 — in 1836[ citation needed], and again in March 1989 — 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]
Pirie–Torrens corridor | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | South Australia |
Region | Far North |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Torrens |
• coordinates | 31°56′27.7″S 137°46′15.5″E / 31.941028°S 137.770972°E |
• elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
Mouth | Spencer Gulf |
• location | Emeroo |
• coordinates | 32°24′15.6″S 137°45′16.2″E / 32.404333°S 137.754500°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 Pirie–Torrens 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 — in 1836[ citation needed], and again in March 1989 — 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]