| Cooper Cooper's | |
|---|---|
 Cooper Creek Crossing at Innamincka, South Australia | |
 Map of the Lake Eyre Basin showing Cooper Creek | |
| Etymology | Charles Cooper[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland, South Australia |
| Region | Channel Country |
| City | Innamincka |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lake Eyre, Far North, South Australia |
• coordinates | 28°23′S 137°41′E / 28.383°S 137.683°E |
• elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Length | 1,300 km (810 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Lake Eyre basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Thomson River, Wilson River |
| • right | Barcoo River |
| [2] | |
The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its tributaries and is one of three major Queensland river systems that flow into the Lake Eyre basin. The flow of the creek depends on monsoonal rains falling months earlier and many hundreds of kilometres away in eastern Queensland.[1] It is 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) in length.[1]