Question

Write in short about the inland drainage of Australia​

Answer 1

Lake Eyre, also called Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, great salt lake in central South Australia, with a total area of 4,281 square miles (11,088 square km). It lies in the southwestern corner of the Great Artesian Basin, a closed inland basin about 440,150 square miles (1,140,000 square km) in area that is drained only by intermittent streams. Normally dry but susceptible to occasional flooding, the lake constitutes the lowest point on the Australian continent. Lake Eyre was first sighted by a European in 1840—English explorer and British colonial official Edward John Eyre, after whom it was named. The lake’s extent had been determined by the 1870s.

Answer 2

Concept introduction

Rivers that are part of an inland drainage system empty into a lake or an inland sea instead of an ocean or sea. It is so named because river streams empty into a lake or an inland sea (shallow sea which is a part of the continent).

Given

Inland drainage of Australia​

Find

About inland drainage of Australia​

Solution

It is located in the southwest of the Great Artesian Basin, a confined interior basin with an extent of around $440,150$ square miles ($1,140,000$square kilometres) with relatively sporadic stream drainage. The lake represents the lowest point on the Australian continent, which is mostly dry but occasionally prone to floods.

Hence, The Lake Eyre Basin is the inland drainage system of Australia.

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