Simpson Desert Conservation Park

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Simpson Desert Conservation Park
IUCN Category Ia (Strict Nature Reserve)
Nearest town/city:	Oodnadatta
Coordinates:	26°15′5″S, 137°50′40″E
Area:	6,881.42 km²
Managing authorities:	Department for Environment and Heritage
Official site:	Simpson Desert Conservation Park

Simpson Desert Regional Reserve is located in South Australia, 957 km north of Port Augusta. In combination with Simpson Desert Regional Reserve and Witjira National Park, it forms a protected area representing one of the world's best examples of dunal desert. A wide variety of desert flora and fauna are protected in a landscape of varied dune systems, extensive playa lakes, spinifex grasslands and Acacia woodlands.These trees soak up water from underground water springs.

[edit] See also

• Simpson Desert
• Simpson Desert Regional Reserve
• Simpson Desert National Park