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Gairdners Creek (New South Wales)

Coordinates: 31°19′24″S 141°25′56″E / 31.3233°S 141.4323°E / -31.3233; 141.4323
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Gairdners Creek is an ephemeral stream at 31°19′24″S 141°25′56″E / 31.3233°S 141.4323°E / -31.3233; 141.4323 in western New South Wales,[1] that starts at an elevation of 345m and peeters out at an elevation of 265m .The Gairdners Creek drops around 79.7m over its 14.8 km length.[2]

The Geography, of Gairdners Creek is mostly the flat, arid and the nearest town is Broken Hill to the south. The area has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[3]

References

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  1. ^ GAIRDNERS CREEK, geographic names board of NSW.
  2. ^ Map of Gairdners Creek, NSW.
  3. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)