Cooper Creek

Cooper Cooper's
Cooper Creek Crossing at Innamincka, South Australia
Map of the Lake Eyre Basin showing Cooper Creek
Etymology	Charles Cooper[1]
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland, South Australia
Region	Channel Country
City	Innamincka
Physical characteristics
Source
• elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Mouth
• location	Lake Eyre, Far North, South Australia
• coordinates	28°23′S 137°41′E / 28.383°S 137.683°E / -28.383; 137.683
• elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Length	1,300 km (810 mi)
Basin features
River system	Lake Eyre basin
Tributaries
• left	Thomson River, Wilson River
• right	Barcoo River
[2]

The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its tributaries and is one of three major Queensland river systems that flow into the Lake Eyre basin. The flow of the creek depends on monsoonal rains falling months earlier and many hundreds of kilometres away in eastern Queensland.^[1] It is 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) in length.^[1]