Lake Eyre, The Inland Sea at its best

Published on August 6, 2010 | ,

Lake Eyre actually consists of two lakes, Lake Eyre North (8 430 km²) and Lake Eyre South (1 260 km²), connected by Goyder Channel which has a length of 15 km.

The Lake Eyre basin is massive! It covers more than 1 million km², or 1/6th of the continent, mainly in Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Globally, the basin is one of the largest internal drainage systems.

Below are  a couple of photographs that best illustrate just how vast this inland sea really is ( Thanks again to ” The Sentimental Bloke” ).When over 4m deep the Lake is no more salty than the sea and salinity increases as the water evaporates with saturation occurring at about 500mm depth. The Lake takes on a “pink” hue when saturated due to the presence of beta-carotene pigment caused by the algae Dunaliella salina.

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