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Simpson Desert (other)
Simpson Desert is a desert located in central Australia. Simpson Desert may also refer to the following: *Simpson Desert, South Australia, a locality *Simpson Desert Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia now part of Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park *Simpson Desert Important Bird Area, a designation associated with protected areas within the Simpson Desert *Simpson Desert National Park, a protected area in Queensland now called Munga-Thirri National Park *Simpson Desert Regional Reserve, a former protected area in South Australia known as Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Regional Reserve, now part of Munga-Thirri—Simpson Desert National Park See also *Simpson (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simpson Desert
The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth-largest Deserts of Australia, Australian desert, with an area of . The desert is underlain by the Great Artesian Basin, one of the largest inland drainage areas in the world. Water from the basin rises to the surface at numerous natural springs, including Dalhousie Springs, and at Water well, bores drilled along stock routes, or during petroleum exploration. As a result of exploitation by such bores, the flow of water to springs has been steadily decreasing in recent years. It is also part of the Lake Eyre basin. The Simpson Desert is an erg (landform), erg that contains the world's longest parallel sand dunes. These north-south oriented dunes are static, held in position by vegetation. They vary in height from in the west to around on the eastern side. The largest dune, Nappanerica or Big Red, is in height. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simpson Desert, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Simpson Desert is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of the capital city of Adelaide and which is located within the desert of the same name. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name” which is derived from the desert of the same name. The principal land use within the locality is conservation , with the full extent of the locality being occupied by the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park, which was proclaimed on 26 November 2021 and includes the former protected areas of the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Conservation Park and the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Regional Reserve. Simpson Desert is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park
Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park, part of which was formerly Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Conservation Park, Simpson Desert Conservation Park, and Simpson Desert National Park, is a protected area located in the far north of the Australian state of South Australia, near its border with Queensland and the Northern Territory. it is the largest national park in Australia, covering . Location The park is about north of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide and above north-east of the town of Oodnadatta, South Australia, Oodnadatta. History The Conservation park (Australia), conservation park occupied land within the Simpson Desert in the gazetted locality of the Simpson Desert, South Australia, same name. It was bounded by the borders of the Northern Territory and Queensland to its north and by the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Regional Reserve to its west, south and east. The land within the boundaries of the conservation park first obtained protect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simpson Desert Important Bird Area
The Simpson Desert Important Bird Area comprises some 22,848 km2 of land within the Simpson Desert in south-western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia. It consists of five large contiguous reserves subject to little grazing pressure and good habitat management that are either known, or likely, to provide suitable habitat for Eyrean grasswrens. Description The extent of IBA overlaps land including the following protected areas and privately held reserves: the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park in South Australia; the Munga-Thirri National Park in Queensland; the Bush Heritage reserves of Ethabuka and Cravens Peak; and the North Australian Pastoral Company-managed Mulligan River Nature Refuge in Queensland. The site contains parts of the spasmodically flooded Channel Country, intergrading into gidgee woodlands and tall shrubland communities. Other landforms include mesas, escarpments, gorges, gibber plains, dunefields, ephemeral clay pans, sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munga-Thirri National Park
Munga-Thirri National Park, formerly known as the Simpson Desert National Park, is the largest national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,495 km west of Brisbane. The park covers an area of in the Simpson Desert surrounding Poeppel Corner in the west of the locality of Birdsville in the Central West region of Queensland. Landforms The main features of the park are large sand dunes which can be 50 m high and around 1 km apart. Most dunes are between 10 and 35 m in height. The longest sand ridge is 200 km in length. One of the most prominent dunes is called 'Big Red' and is located 35 km west of Birdsville. The dunes started to form 30,000 years ago. Also found in the park are salt lakes and claypans. Flora and fauna The landscape supports up to 180 bird species. The park includes part of the Simpson Desert Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it contains habitat suitable for Eyrean grasswrens.BirdLife Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Regional Reserve
The Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert Regional Reserve (formerly Simpson Desert Regional Reserve) was a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia within the gazetted locality of Simpson Desert. The regional reserve's name was altered on 2 August 2018 by the Government of South Australia. The regional reserve was classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area. it was merged with the Munga-Thirri—Simpson Desert Conservation Park to create the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park. See also * Protected areas of South Australia * Regional reserves of South Australia * Regional Reserve (Australia) * Simpson Desert * Simpson Desert Important Bird Area * Munga-Thirri National Park Munga-Thirri National Park, formerly known as the Simpson Desert National Park, is the largest national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,495 km west of Brisbane. The park covers an area of in the Simpson Desert surrounding Poeppel Corner i ..., Queensland Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
