Simpson Desert Regional Reserve is 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...

, 957 km (595 mi) north of Port Augusta

Port Augusta, South Australia

-Electricity generation:Electricity is generated at the Playford B and Northern power stations from brown coal mined at Leigh Creek, 250 km to the north...

. In combination with Simpson Desert Regional Reserve

Simpson Desert Regional Reserve

-See also:*Simpson Desert*Simpson Desert Conservation Park*Simpson Desert Important Bird Area*Simpson Desert National Park-External links:* - Department for Environment and Heritage...

 and Witjira National Park

Witjira National Park

Witjira is a national park in South Australia , 987 km north of Adelaide. It is in the Simpson Desert, and one of the major features of the park is the Dalhousie Springs.-External links:*...

, it forms a protected area representing one of the world's best examples of dunal

Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by wind. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the wind. Most kinds of dunes are longer on the windward side where the sand is pushed up the dune and have a shorter "slip face" in the lee of the wind...

 desert

Desert

A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...

. A wide variety of desert flora and fauna are protected in a landscape of varied dune systems, extensive playa lakes, spinifex

Triodia (plant genus)

Triodia is a large genus of hummock-forming grass endemic to Australia; they are commonly known as spinifex, although they are not a part of the coastal genus Spinifex. There are currently 64 recognised species...

 grasslands and Acacia

Acacia

Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...

 woodlands. These trees soak up water from underground water springs.

In an unprecedented move, access has been closed over summer in 2008-2009 due to excessive heat

See also

• Simpson Desert
  Simpson Desert
  The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km² ....
  
  
• Simpson Desert Important Bird Area
  Simpson Desert Important Bird Area
  The Simpson Desert Important Bird Area comprises some 22,848 km2 of land in the Simpson Desert region of south-western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia...
  
  
• Simpson Desert National Park
  Simpson Desert National Park
  Simpson Desert is the largest national park in Queensland, Australia, 1495 km west of Brisbane. The park covers an area of more than 10,00 km² in the Simpson Desert surrounding Poeppel Corner west of Birdsville and Bedourie in the southwest of the state.-Landforms:The main features of the...
  
  
• Simpson Desert Regional Reserve
  Simpson Desert Regional Reserve
  -See also:*Simpson Desert*Simpson Desert Conservation Park*Simpson Desert Important Bird Area*Simpson Desert National Park-External links:* - Department for Environment and Heritage...