What is the biggest river or lake in Australia?

Answer 1

The largest inland body of water in Australia is Lake Eyre. Lake Eyre is a salt water lake that that covers over 9690 square km, or 3430 square miles.

However, the answer is not quite that straightforward. Whilst Lake Eyre covers the largest area, most of the time it is a dry saltpan or, more correctly, a salt sink. The lake fills about once every ten years.

Australia's largest natural freshwater lake is Lake Mackay in Western Australia, which is 3 494 sq km in area.

Answer 2

Caspian Sea

Inland salt lake between Europe and Asia, bordering Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Iran. With a basin 750 mi (1,200 km) long and up to 200 mi (320 km) wide and an area of 149,200 sq mi (386,400 sq km), it is the largest inland body of water in the world. Though it receives many rivers, including the volga-river, ural-river, and kura-river, the sea itself has no outlet. It was important as a commercial route in the premodern era, when it formed part of the Mongol-Baltic trade route for goods from Asia. It is now a major source of petroleum. Its numerous ports include Baku in Azerbaijan and Bandar-e Anzali and Bandar-e Torkaman in Iran.

Answer 3

The largest inland body of water in Australia is Lake Eyre. Lake Eyre is a salt water lake that that covers over 9690 square km, or 3430 square miles.

However, the answer is not quite that straightforward. Whilst Lake Eyre covers the largest area, most of the time it is a dry saltpan or, more correctly, a salt sink. The lake fills about once every ten years.

Australia's largest natural freshwater lake is Lake Mackay in Western Australia, which is 3 494 sq km in area.

Answer 4

There is no inland ocean or sea in Australia.

A very large saltpan in northern South Australia is Lake Eyre, but most of the time this lake is empty. On average, it fills once every ten years. It could not be considered an inland sea.

Answer 5

Australia's largest lake is Lake Eyre, in northern South Australia. 144 km long and 77 km wide, it covers an area of 1 349 251 hectares or 9 690 square km. However, most of the time it is a dry saltpan or, more correctly, a salt sink.

Australia's largest permanent natural freshwater lake (which means that much of the time it is Australia's largest lake) is Lake Mackay in Western Australia, which is 3 494 sq km in area.

Answer 6

Australia's longest river is the Murray River.

The largest lake is Lake Eyre, a salt lake (or rather, a salt sink) in South Australia, which fills only once about every ten years.