The Reedbeds was in the 19th and early 20th centuries the generally recognised name for an area of seasonal freshwater wetlands to the west of Adelaide, South Australia comprising the floodplains of the River Torrens, and drained to Gulf St Vincent by the tidal estuaries of the Port River and the Patawalonga River. The ephemeral wetland was known as Witongga tarto (low swampy reed country) to the indigenous Kaurna people.The area was also formerly known as the Cowandilla Plains.The wetlands were inundated annually by the winter flows of the River Torrens, and supported an abundance of wildlife which was utilised by the Kaurna people during their summer camps along the coastal barrier dunes.