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 | | A prime example is Cooper Creek, in the Lake Eyre Basin (one of the world’s largest endorheic systems). |
 | | The fact that the Cooper was named a creek by early explorers, despite draining a catchment of 306,000 km2 and having a river length of 1,523 km, is an illustration of the difficulty a eurocentric culture has coming to terms with the Australian environment. |
 | | In floods, waterbird numbers on Lake Eyre, at the terminus of Cooper Creek, may reach 600,000, and there is increasing evidence that the Lake Eyre Basin wetlands are one of the major foci for waterbird activity on the continent. |
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