Cooper Creek
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The Cooper Creek is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River
Cooper Creek Crossing at Innamincka, South Australia, South Australia
Memorial marking the site of Robert O'Hara Burke's death, at Burke Waterhole
Lake Eyre basin
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The Lake Eyre basin is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia. It is the largest endorheic basin in Australia and amongst the largest in the world, covering about 1,200,000
Cooper Creek
…in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its tributaries and is one of three major Queensland river systems that flow into the Lake Eyre basin. The flow of the creek depends on monsoonal rains falling months earlier and many hundreds of kilometres away in eastern Queensland. It is 1,300…
Lake Hart is one of the smaller lakes in the basin
Lake Eyre in 1990, as seen by STS-35
Strzelecki Desert, South Australia