Dalhousie Springs
Dalhousie Springs, also known as Witjira-Dalhousie Springs,
History
The springs form part of
The springs were given their English name by surveyor
In 1915, the total flow rate of the Dalhousie Springs complex was over 23,000 litres (5,100 imp gal)/second, but drilling had reduced this to 17,360 litres (3,820 imp gal)/second by 2000.[3][4]
Witjira-Dalhousie Springs was added to the
On 26 November 2021, the government changed the conditions of the park, to forever exclude mining in the Dalhousie Springs National Heritage Area.[7]
Description
Its water comes from part of the Great Artesian Basin aquifer. The Springs complex appears to be recharged by water thousands of years old, percolated down through the beds of Finke and nearby arid zone rivers, which overlie parts of the Great Artesian Basin. As a geological feature, it is unique in Australia.[1]
The water temperatures in the springs range from 38 to 43 degrees Celsius. The water is highly mineralised but just drinkable. There are a number of unique species of fish that live in the waters around Dalhousie Springs, such as the Dalhousie catfish (Neosilurus gloveri), the Dalhousie hardyhead (Craterocephalus dalhousiensis) and the Dalhousie goby (Chlamydogobius gloveri).[citation needed]
Dalhousie Springs is a popular starting point for crossing the Simpson Desert eastwards to
References
- ^ a b c d "National Heritage Places: Witjira-Dalhousie Springs". Australian Government. Dept of the Environment and Energy. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Death of Mr. R. R. Knuckey". The Advertiser. Vol. LVI, no. 17, 368. South Australia. 16 June 1914. p. 9. Retrieved 20 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Desert Springs of Great Australian Arterial Basin, W. F. Ponder, Conference Proceedings. Spring-fed Wetlands: Important Scientific and Cultural Resources of the Intermountain Region, 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
- ^ Threats to Australian desert springs
- ^ "Witjira-Dalhousie Springs". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Dalhousie Springs Area, French Tk, Dalhousie ruin via Oodnadatta, SA, Australia – listing on the now defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 14710)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ Speirs, David (26 November 2021). "SA now home to Australia's biggest national park". Premier of South Australia. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
External links
Media related to Dalhousie Springs at Wikimedia Commons