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Sandhills at the mouth of the Murray River adjacent to Coorong National Park, South Australia, October 2006
Photo by Rose Fletcher

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South Australia is bordered in the west by Western Australia, in the north by Northern Territory, in the east by Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, and in the south by the Southern Ocean. It is 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq. miles) in size, has 4800 kilometres of coastline with 100 islands, and is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.

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Black Swans, Australian Pelicans and egret, at the saltwater and tidal estuarine environment below the Barrages at Goolwa. The Barrages were built in the 1930s to hold back the tidal flow of salt water so as to keep the Lower Murray Lakes freshwater.
Photo by Rose Fletcher, September 2007

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Birds you can see here include:

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Shallow water between Victor Harbor and Granite Island at low tide, South Australia, December 2006
Photo by Rose Fletcher

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[edit] Areas of Interest

• Coongie Lakes National Park
• Coorong National Park
• Flinders Ranges National Park
• Innes National Park
• Lake Eyre National Park
• Lake Torrens National Park
• Murray River National Park Katarapko
• Murray River National Park Lyrup Flats
• Witjira National Park

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[edit] External Links

• Welcome to South Australia
• Wildlife in the Wild
• Birds SA
• South Australia parks
• Map of the Coorong