Lake Buchanan (Queensland)

Lake Buchanan (Queensland)

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location = 163 km South West of Charters Towers, Queensland
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Lake Buchanan is a flat salt playa approximately 28 km long and 8 km wide at its widest point, with a surface area of about 117 km². Lake Buchanan is different from all other salt lakes in Australia because it occurs at a high elevation - on the Great Dividing Range. [ [http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/biodiversity/desert_uplands_strategic_land_resource_assessment/3_geomorphology/34_significant_geomorphic_features_of_the_region/346_internally_drained_lakes Environmental Protection Agency, QLD] ]

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