Lake Bumbunga
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Lake Bumbunga is a salt lake
located in South Australia
's Mid North
near the towns of Lochiel
and Bumbunga
.
According to anthropologist Norman Tindale
the name was derives from the Parnpangka (local indigenous) term for 'rain water lake'.
Salt
has been mined at the salt extraction works since 1912.
The lake is fed by surrounding hills including the Hummocks Range
.
Salt lake
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water which has a concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes . In some cases, salt lakes have a higher concentration of salt than sea water, but such lakes would also be termed hypersaline lakes...
located in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
's Mid North
Mid North
The Mid North is a region of South Australia, north of the Adelaide Plains, but not as far north as the Far North, or outback. It is generally accepted to extend from Spencer Gulf east to the Barrier Highway, including the coastal plain, the southern part of the Flinders Ranges, and the northern...
near the towns of Lochiel
Lochiel, South Australia
Lochiel is a small town located in the Mid North of South Australia 125 km north of Adelaide at . The town lies beside on the western edge of Lake Bumbunga and at the eastern foot of the Hummocks Range...
and Bumbunga
Bumbunga, South Australia
Bumbunga is a small town located in the Mid North of South Australia north of Adelaide at . It lies east of Lake Bumbunga.According to anthropologist Norman Tindale the name was derives from the Parnpangka term for 'rain water lake'....
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According to anthropologist Norman Tindale
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist. Born in Perth, his family moved to Tokyo from 1907 to 1915, where his father worked as an accountant at the Salvation Army mission in Japan. Soon after returning to Australia, Tindale got a job at the South...
the name was derives from the Parnpangka (local indigenous) term for 'rain water lake'.
Salt
Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt or halite, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms...
has been mined at the salt extraction works since 1912.
The lake is fed by surrounding hills including the Hummocks Range
Hummocks Range
The Hummocks Range is a range of hills starting just north of the apex of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia near the settlements of South Hummocks and Kulpara...
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