Editing Channel Country (section)

{{Short description|Bioegion in Australia}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
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| name = Channel Country
| state = AU
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| image2 = IBRA 6.1 Channel Country.png
| caption2 = The [[Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia|interim Australian bioregion]]s,<br />with Channel Country in red
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| area = 304094.37	
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| near-n = [[Mitchell Grass Downs bioregion|Mitchell Grass Downs]]
| near-ne = [[Mitchell Grass Downs bioregion|Mitchell Grass Downs]]
| near-e = [[Mulga Lands]]
| near-se = [[Mulga Lands]]
| near-s = [[Broken Hill Complex]]
| near-sw = [[Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields]]
| near-w = [[Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields]]
| near-nw = [[Tanami bioregion|Tanami]]
| near = Channel Country
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[[Image:Channel Country.jpg|thumb|upright|Overhead Channel Country / Cooper Creek]]
[[File:Queensland State Archives 5283 Bulloo River crossing Quilpie January 1955.png|thumb|[[Bulloo River]] crossing, 1955]]
The '''Channel Country''' is a region of [[outback]] Australia mostly in the state of [[Queensland]] but also in parts of South Australia, [[Northern Territory]] and [[New South Wales]].<ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/bioregions/ChannelCountryBioregion.htm Channel Country Bioregion] New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water.</ref><ref name="anra"/> The name comes from the numerous [[Braided river|intertwined rivulets]] that cross the region, which cover 150,000&nbsp;km².<ref name="ag">{{cite book |title=The Australian Geographic Book of Corner Country |last=Reardon |first=Mitch |year=1995 |publisher=[[Australian Geographic]] |location=Terrey Hills, New South Wales |isbn=1-86276-012-8 |pages=93 }}</ref> The Channel Country is over the [[Cooper Basin|Cooper]] and [[Eromanga Basin|Eromanga]] geological basins and the [[Lake Eyre Basin]] [[drainage basin]]. Further to the east is the less arid [[Maranoa, Queensland|Maranoa]] district.