🌊 Yapunyah waterhole

Australia · Oceania · 268 m · 25.49°S, 144.31°E

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Yapunyah waterhole
Yapunyah Waterhole lies in the Mulga Lands bioregion of western Queensland. The waterhole is about two kilometres long and covers approximately 22 hectares when full. It is defined as a permanent waterhole in a region where permanent waterholes are extremely rare and therefore provide important refuges for aquatic plants and animals. These rare waterholes were also vital for Aboriginal people and provided both spiritual and physical nourishment.

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Quick facts

CountryAustralia
Continent / regionOceania
Surface elevation268 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)25.49°S, 144.31°E · view on map

Yapunyah waterhole sits at 268 m in Australia, in Oceania. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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