Australia Fly Guide
Rivers & Lakes · SA

South Australia

2,412 named waters 21 catchments 6 drainage divisions
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How South Australia drains

21 catchments, clipped at the border — a catchment that crosses into another state carries on there. Pick one to open its full drainage tree.

Gairdner catchment — 224 waters in South Australia · 1,538 km mapped nationally Cooper Creek catchment — 582 waters in South Australia · 34,161 km mapped nationally Diamantina-Georgina Rivers catchment — 332 waters in South Australia · 32,420 km mapped nationally Lake Eyre catchment — 346 waters in South Australia · 6,059 km mapped nationally Nullarbor catchment — 71 waters in South Australia · 204 km mapped nationally Lake Torrens-Mambray Coast catchment — 348 waters in South Australia · 4,974 km mapped nationally Lower Murray River catchment — 96 waters in South Australia · 2,035 km mapped nationally Millicent Coast catchment — 102 waters in South Australia · 456 km mapped nationally Lower Mallee catchment — 109 waters in South Australia · 3,088 km mapped nationally Spencer Gulf catchment — 37 waters in South Australia · 642 km mapped nationally Broughton River catchment — 33 waters in South Australia · 663 km mapped nationally Darling River catchment — 16 waters in South Australia · 7,968 km mapped nationally Gawler River catchment — 17 waters in South Australia · 462 km mapped nationally Kangaroo Island catchment — 29 waters in South Australia · 296 km mapped nationally Eyre Peninsula catchment — 26 waters in South Australia · 80 km mapped nationally Wakefield River catchment — 8 waters in South Australia · 190 km mapped nationally Torrens River catchment — 8 waters in South Australia · 146 km mapped nationally Victoria River-Wiso catchment — 5 waters in South Australia · 16,817 km mapped nationally Glenelg River catchment — 7 waters in South Australia · 3,036 km mapped nationally Fleurieu Peninsula catchment — 10 waters in South Australia · 116 km mapped nationally Onkaparinga River catchment — 5 waters in South Australia · 87 km mapped nationally Gairdner1,538 km Cooper Creek34,161 km Diamantina-Georgina Rivers32,420 km Lake Eyre6,059 km Nullarbor204 km Lake Torrens-Mambray Coast4,974 km Lower Murray River2,035 km Millicent Coast456 km Lower Mallee3,088 km Spencer Gulf642 km

Catchment boundaries and stream network: Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric), Bureau of Meteorology, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. State boundary: Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Simplified for display.

The catchments

21 across 6 divisions

Lake Eyre Basin

3 catchments · 1,260 waters in SA
Cooper Creek Diamantina-Georgina Rivers Lake Eyre

South Australian Gulf

10 catchments · 521 waters in SA
Broughton River Eyre Peninsula Fleurieu Peninsula Gawler River Kangaroo Island Lake Torrens-Mambray Coast Onkaparinga River Spencer Gulf Torrens River Wakefield River

South Western Plateau

2 catchments · 295 waters in SA
Gairdner Nullarbor

Murray-Darling Basin

3 catchments · 221 waters in SA
Darling River Lower Mallee Lower Murray River

South East Coast (Victoria)

2 catchments · 109 waters in SA
Glenelg River Millicent Coast

Tanami-Timor Sea Coast

1 catchment · 5 waters in SA
Victoria River-Wiso

Looking beyond South Australia? The national map shows all 218 catchments, and each catchment page lists its drainage wherever it runs.