Pirie–Torrens corridor
| Pirie–Torrens corridor | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| State | South Australia |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Sandy Creek |
| Source | Lake Torrens |
| - elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
| - coordinates | 31°56′27.7″S 137°46′15.5″E / 31.941028°S 137.770972°E |
| Mouth | Spencer Gulf |
| - location | Emeroo |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 32°24′15.6″S 137°45′16.2″E / 32.404333°S 137.754500°ECoordinates: 32°24′15.6″S 137°45′16.2″E / 32.404333°S 137.754500°E |
| Length | 57 km (35 mi) |
| Discharge | for Port Augusta |
| - average | 0.5 m3/s (17.7 cu ft/s) [1] |
The Pirie–Torrens corridor is an arroyo, as well as the only natural outlet of Lake Torrens, a large normally ephemeral salt lake in central South Australia. Only on two recorded occasions—in 1836, 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]
References
- ↑ "Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Sampling in Spencer Gulf: Calibration Report" (PDF). BMT WBM Pty Ltd. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ↑ The major flooding of Lake Torrens in March 1989
- ↑ The limnology of Lake Torrens, an episodic salt lake of central Australia, with particular reference to unique events in 1989
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