Record rainfall in northern Queensland is unlikely to make its way into the Murray-Darling Basin to replenish thirsty waterways, according to officials, with Lake Eyre most likely to benefit. Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, 2 April 2019. Credit: Sue Manniche. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast the heaviest rainfall over central and north Queensland to head progressively north-east to the coast in the coming days. Our Water Focus Reports provide insights into recent hydrological events.
^ Diamantina: Damp ^ Georgina: Damp ^ Eyre Ck: Dry Goyder Lagoon: Dry Inside Track open Kallakoopah: Dry Warburton:Dry Macumba: Dry Lwr Warburton Lakes: Flooded Warburton Groove: Damp Upper claypan: Damp Neales: Damp Cooper: - Coongie full Madigan Gulf: Shallow pools Belt Bay: Damp Clayton: Damp Lake Eyre South: Borderline navigable Frome: Flooding … Lake Eyre South has about 500mm but will soon dry. Over six Sydney Harbours worth of water passed through Birdsville on its way to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre between the start of February and end of April, with plenty more to come.
Streamflows were average or lower than average for most of the reporting sites. Read more about Flows into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre – Autumn 2019. Flows into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre – Autumn 2019. Over six Sydney Harbours worth of water passed through Birdsville on its way to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre between the start of February and end of April, with plenty more to come. Diamantina will trickle into Lake Eyre North in March. The 2018-19 financial year was the second warmest financial year on record. Read more about Keep informed with Water Focus Reports. They call the lake “Kati Thanda”, and (ABC News: Brendan Esposito) In the vast desert of inland Australia, nothing stands in the way of the water. 'Everything he says is false': Why are top health experts concerned about this doctor's coronavirus advice? The shallow endorheic lake is the depocentre of the vast Lake Eyre basin and is found in Northern South Australia, some 700 km (435 mi) north of Adelaide.
Rainfall was above average across 49 per cent of the area in the north with very much above average rainfall occurring across 34 per cent of the area, mainly in the south. Parts of Townsville have been evacuated after a year's worth of rain fell in nine days, as further south truckloads of dead fish attributed to water mismanagement and drought in New South Wales are rotting on the banks of the Darling River. • The traditional owners of the Lake Eyre region are the Arabana people. Photo taken April 17, 2019. Diamantina will trickle into Lake Eyre North in March. That is pretty fast, given that much of Lake Eyre basin is almost perfectly flat. Despite record rainfall and widespread flooding in northern Queensland, none of the water will make its way into the Murray-Darling Basin to replenish starved waterways, the system's authority has said. Total rainfall was 17 mm, 143 per cent higher than the long-term mean of 7 mm for August. Some of the water is falling in the upper reaches of the MDB, but the BOM considers Lake Eyre Basin to receive more benefit where more than 100 millimetres have fallen. © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) | CRICOS Provider 02015K | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility, Metadata and Contextual Information Requirements, Urban Water Management Information Requirements, National Industry Guidelines for hydrometric monitoring, National Industry Guideline for water quality metadata, National Water Information Briefings 2011, Water Information Industry Seminars 2007-08, Water Accounting Standards Board contacts, Water Information Research and Development Alliance, Australian Research Council Linkage Projects.