Pirie–Torrens corridor
River in South Australia, Australia
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The Pirie–Torrens corridor is an approximately 59 km (37 mi) long intermittent watercourse that serves as the only natural outlet of Lake Torrens, a large normally endorheic salt lake in central South Australia.
| Pirie–Torrens corridor | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | South Australia |
| Region | Far North |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Torrens |
| • coordinates | 31°56′27.7″S 137°46′15.5″E |
| • elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Mouth | Spencer Gulf |
• location | Emeroo |
• coordinates | 32°24′15.6″S 137°45′16.2″E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 59 km (37 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Port Augusta[1] |
| • average | 0.5 m3/s (18 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Sandy Creek |
Only on two recorded occasions — in 1836[citation needed], and again in March 1989 — has Lake Torrens filled high enough to flow out through the corridor to its outlet at the head of the Spencer Gulf.[2][3] The corridor likely flowed in 1897.[4]
