Show Inland e Sea ea Australia has bas a large Urge inland sea ea several leveral times the th size she of Long Island so shallot hallow that occasional it t runs run dry dr Situated miles north of Port PirIe Pine in the state date of South Soule Australia this thi body bt tf f water J It is known as II Lake Eyre North It in Is about miles mUes long and nd 84 M miles mites wide Its It total area Is I. estimated variously at to squat square miles The highest level of water Inthe in 11 inthe the lake was reached late in 1931 when It extended to the shoreline tt u shown In maps for tor the first time in 10 inthe n the memory of any living person Some parts part of 01 the take lake are aro believed to be as II much as thirty nine feet below be low sea lea level Although the Jake lake Isled Isted is isted ted led by several everal rivers rive these water waterways ways dry up in exceptionally hot bot and dry summers As a result the tn water level in the lake also drop the remaining water retreats to the deeper inner parts of ot the lake The Theft lkA Iska ft gradually shrinks in size Ize Uthe tf U the he dry spell is unusually prolonged the he lake disappears altogether |