Bow River (Ord River)
| Bow River | ||
|
|
||
| Data | ||
| location | Western Australia ( Australia ) | |
| River system | Ord River (Cambridge Gulf) | |
| Drain over | Ord River → Timor Sea | |
| source | Violet Valley 17 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 127 ° 55 ′ 46 ″ E |
|
| Source height | 509 m | |
| muzzle |
Lake Argyle , and thus Ord River coordinates: 16 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 39 ′ 50 ″ E 16 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 39 ′ 50 ″ E |
|
| Mouth height | 87 m | |
| Height difference | 422 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.9 ‰ | |
| length | 147 km | |
| Left tributaries | Mule Creek, Crooked Creek, Wilson River , Wesley Spring Creek, Little Kurrajong Creek, Little Limestone Creek, Limestone Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Turkey Creek, Blackfellow Creek, Waterfall Creek, Cattle Creek, Spring Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Argyle | |
| Communities | Baulu Wah, Radigan's Yard, Bow River | |
The Bow River is a river in the Kimberley region in the northeast of the Australian state of Western Australia .
geography
The river has its source in the Violet Valley Aboriginal reservation , around 115 kilometers northeast of Halls Creek on the Great Northern Highway . From there it flows north along the highway and passes under Mount Nyulasy . At the same time he turns his course to the east and then north again, where he worked in the southern tip of Lake Argyle and the Ord River flows . The Bow River Diamond Mine was located there on alluvial land from 1988 to 2005 , where seven million carats of diamonds were mined.
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Mule Creek - 238 m
- Crooked Creek - 190 m
- Wilson River - 158 m
- Turkey Creek - 144 m
- Blackfellow Creek - 134 m
- Wesley Spring Creek - 127 m
- Waterfall Creek - 123 m
- Cattle Creek - 123 m
- Spring Creek - 107 m
- Little Kurajong Creek - 103 m
- Little Limestone Creek - 91 m
- Limestone Creek - 89 m
Reservoirs
- Lake Argyle - 87 m
Origin of name
The river was named in 1882 by pastoralist Michael Durack after a river in his native County Galway , Ireland .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Map of Bow River, WA . Bonzle.com
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 89
- ^ History of River Names - B - Bow River . Landgate ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
