Lake Buchanan is a flat salt lake at Pentland in the Charters Towers Region in North Queensland, Australia. It is approximately long and wide at its widest point, with a surface area of about . It is part of the Thomson River catchment and part of the Desert Uplands bioregion.
Lake Buchanan is different from all other salt lakes in Australia because it occurs at a high elevation - on the Great Dividing Range. The lake is shallow and the water tends to be brackish.(5 April 2011). Site Investment Guide: Lake Buchanan . Australian Government Land and Coasts. Retrieved on 12 July 2011. The land around the lake is used for grazing.
Species Lake Buchanan contains a number of significant species which are newly discovered and most probably endemic. These include the Lake Buchanan button grass (Dactyloctenium sp.), fringing rush (Fimbristylis sp. ), Lake Buchanan fringe rush, Lawrenica buchananensis (Malvaceae), and Buchanan's fairy shrimp (Branchinella buchananensis). The Lake Buchanan blue bush (Chenopodium auricomum) is a threatened species.
See also
Lake Galilee List of lakes of Australia
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