A water supply rising from an artesian source through a surface mound of mud.
the mix of plants and animals around mound springs is found nowhere else
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- His work on the conservation of the mound springs of South Australia has extended over the past three decades.
- Fishes, such as desert gobies, are also common in many mound springs.
- Mound springs in South Australia form an arc of about 400 kilometres along the Great Artesian Basin.
- The Overland Telegraph went through the mound spring country.
- He found the first mound spring on 22 October 1858 and named it Emerald Springs.
- Why are mound spring inhabitants endangered?
- Very few city people know about the mound springs.
- What are the unique flora and fauna of mound springs?
- The book contains photographic plates of mound springs in South Australia.
- Mound springs, fed by the Great Artesian Basin, are home to a diverse array of aquatic invertebrates and fishes.