Lake Galilee (Queensland)
| Lake Galilee | |
|---|---|
| Location | 76 km (47 mi) North East of Aramac, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 22°19′57″S 145°49′23″E / 22.3325°S 145.8230°ECoordinates: 22°19′57″S 145°49′23″E / 22.3325°S 145.8230°E |
| Type | Semi-arid, saline lake |
| Catchment area | Cooper Creek catchment |
| Basin countries | Lake Eyre Basin, Australia |
| Max. length | 36 km (22 mi) |
| Max. width | 12.5 km (7.8 mi) |
| Surface area | ~25,700 hectares (64,000 acres) |
| Max. depth | <2 metres (6 ft 7 in) |
| Surface elevation | 279 m (915 ft) |
Lake Galilee is a semi-arid saline lake located in the Desert Uplands region of Central West Queensland. The lake is about 36 kilometres long, up to 12.5 kilometres wide and covers approximately 25,700 hectares.
Lake Galilee is registered on the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) and provides an important refuge and breeding site for waterbirds. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it regularly supports over 1% of the world populations of freckled ducks and grey teals. and possibly more than 1% of the world population of other waterbirds and shorebirds.
The weed Parkinsonia is posing as an environmental threat to the lake as are feral animals, grazing impacts and tourism pressures. The group of property owners adjacent to the lake are working with local natural resource management groups (Desert Uplands Committee and Desert Channels Queensland) to manage these threats.
Lake Galilee is a semi-arid, saline, playa tectonic, depressional lake at Galilee, about 76 kilometres north-east of Aramac, in Central West Queensland. It is located in a shallow closed basin bordered by the Great Dividing Range to the west and north. The 255,480 hectare catchment is a closed, internally draining basin, which is fed by some 20 seasonal streams. It is in the Desert Uplands bioregion, the Lake Eyre Basin drainage division and lies Thomson River catchment of the Cooper Basin.
The lake covers approximately 25,700 hectares with a perimeter of 236.7 kilometres. It extends 36 km in a northeast-southwest direction, and is up to 12.5 km wide, with a maximum depth of less than two metres. It has a complex shoreline characterised by many small bays. There are three large islands to the south formed by partial infilling by alluvial sands and clays, which have been carried in by numerous streams.
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