| Coongie Lakes | |
|---|---|
 Up to 100,000 Australian Pelicans have been recorded at Coongie Lakes[1] | |
  Coongie Lakes Location in South Australia | |
| Location | Far North, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°15′41″S 140°09′25″E / 27.26139°S 140.15694°E |
| Type | Salt lake |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Managing agency | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
| Designation | Ramsar Site[2] |
| Surface area | 21,790 km2 (8,410 sq mi)[3]: 2–3 |
| References | [3]: 12 |
| Designated | 15 June 1987 |
| Reference no. | 376[4] |
The Coongie Lakes is a freshwater wetland system located in the Far North region of South Australia. The 21,790-square-kilometre (8,410 sq mi) lakes system is located approximately 1,046 kilometres (650 miles) north of the Adelaide city centre. The wetlands includes lakes, channels, billabongs, shallow floodplains, deltas, and interdune swamps. It lies on the floodplain of Cooper Creek, an ephemeral river flowing through a desert landscape in the Lake Eyre Basin which rarely, after occasional large floods, empties into Lake Eyre. The wetland system has been recognised both as being of international importance by designation under the Ramsar Convention with a listing on 15 June 1987 and being nationally important within Australia with a listing in A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA). Its extent includes the regional town of Innamincka, the Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park, the Innamincka Regional Reserve, the Strzelecki Regional Reserve and the Coongie Lakes Important Bird Area.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
CoongieIBAwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ramsar Sites Information Service: Coongie Lakes". Ramsar Secretariat. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Coongie Lakes" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Coongie Lakes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.