What does this number measure?
Cooper–Barcoo is listed in the Oceania group. The comparison follows a sequence of river branches, rather than straight-line distance. Selected route: Cooper → Barcoo. The length includes the named branches, not just the river bearing the first name. The documented value is rounded; the choice of source, lakes crossed, meanders and river mouth may change the published length.
This length follows the course adopted by the catalogue. Maps show simplified, sometimes partial courses; an independent bar represents the documented length, distinct from straight-line distance.
Compare the stated dimensions
The comparison uses the number in each fact sheet: altitude, height, diameter, length or distance, depending on the reference. Two values in metres do not necessarily describe the same property.
Source and limitations
Approximate documentary length, dependent on the branches and route selected; this reference establishes neither a definite record nor kilometre-level precision.
Top-down view of a simplified geographical route of the Cooper–Barcoo, based on the available mapped segments. The reference drawing may be partial, and river systems may combine several branches. The river’s width and the water and bank textures are interpreted; this is not a satellite photograph. Only the lower bar represents the documented reference length; the width of the map above does not measure that length. Route: © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia), Surface Hydrology Lines (Regional); named-stream OSM extraction by FrakGart/ga_streams. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.