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A look at the central Australia floods moving towards Lake Eyre. We take a look at some of the satellite imagery of the water moving across the vast interior filling huge lakes as it does so.
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Actually, my favourite part about this common weather event is getting to see ALL of the amazing amounts of migratory birds 🦢
Thanks for this. There is so little info to be found elsewhere on this great event.
awesome video m8, all the legacy media reports on is the "human story" of the floods as if they're a way bigger deal than they are. just negativity instead of broadcasting this amazing natural wonder. i wonder if lake eyre could fill up to the extent that it overflows, and where that overflow would be. i remember reading that original dutch explorers found an inland sea that was probably much bigger than lake eyre. anyway thanks for covering this
Lake Eyre is the lowest point on the continent below sea level, ie, 15 metres.
The area in southwestern Queensland is called "the channel country".
When Lake Eyes is filled, fish appear in it in great numbers. Pelicans migrate to Lake Eyre from the coast at these times to feast and produce multiple generations of chicks. No one knows how they know when to come. They leave when the fish stocks run low and the lake evaporates. They leave behind all unfledged flightless young to die in the outback sun.
Too busy playing politics here for Truth! Cheers for sharing.
Water in the desert is always a blessing.
The water that flows down Strzelecki Creek into Lake Blanche wont make it into Lake eyre. The volume required to overflow is about 10 times the largest flood ever recorded, although it did happen in the middle of the last ice age when evaporation rates were much lower.
The Strzelecki Creek flows into Lake Blanche, as a distributary (opposite to a tributary where a river splits) of Cooper Creek.
Cooper Creek flows south west towards Lake Eyre, to the south of the Warburton river
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How often has Lake Eyre filled up in the last few years?
I wonder how much filters in the artesian basin
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Mainstream media in Australia is covering the floods. 100% Check out the ABC Landline special.
Well, it is not exactly a secret, the ABC in Oz covers the flooding as it heads SW. Not an unusual occurrence, just not very frequent. I visited the area in '76 when the levels were dropping from being full in '74. Minor floods arrive there every decade or so.
The water from the Strzelecki Creek flows into Lake Blanche only, it's to the east south east of lake Eyre so it doesn't flow back into Lake Eyre.
You would need to go back to January and February to pick up the rain that caused the flooding, it can take months for the water to reach lake Eyre
It's quite a sight to see it, I was lucky enough to get out there to take a flight from Maree over the lake to where the Warburton River flows into it, that was in June 2019, I think that it has had water in since then, I drove out there last year and the year before to see the water in it.
Why is it crazy ? It’s the normal weather cycle in Australia.
Well done thanks for creating and sharing 👍
Thank you. The rain was drawn from the cyclone that came from Western Australia, Broome, or Karratha. It created a syphon as it travelled across Central aus. Old larapinta River possibles ancient days. That same system from western Australia cyclone travelled all the way out to New Zealand. Quite impressive. It's elnina weather pattern. Moisture from indian Ocean travelled back across aus, maybe next year Victoria and nsw will be more affected from past cases. Prepare your dams now, cos after this elnina, it's drought. This is a approx 2 yr window. Then like 10yrs drought.
Very interesting thank you. May consider that there may be underground cave systems like those on the Nullarbor plains (200,000 sq kms) to hold and spread the water.
Wtf you talking about? it's been on the news for weeks boss.
It's giong to be a good year for the lake eyre yacht club 😅😅
Name is Diamantina… say the first bit like your about to say Diamond…. not Dee-aman-teena.
Great video…
This does happen everytime it rains, just some years it doesnt quite fill all the way up but every year it fills and emptys due to the seasonal rains. This year was different because of the amount of rain we received thats all good video though