Coongan River
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| location | Western Australia , Australia | |
| River system | De Gray River | |
| Drain over | De Gray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source | west of Nullagine 22 ° 5 ′ 27 ″ S , 119 ° 50 ′ 26 ″ E |
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| Source height | 480 m | |
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De Gray River south of Goldsworthy Coordinates: 20 ° 30 ′ 35 " S , 119 ° 34 ′ 55" E 20 ° 30 ′ 35 " S , 119 ° 34 ′ 55" E |
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| Mouth height | 46 m | |
| Height difference | 434 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.6 ‰ | |
| length | 278 km | |
| Catchment area | 3740 km² | |
| Drain |
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2,536.78 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Triberton Creek, Withnell Creek, One Mile Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Budjan Creek, Boobina Creek, Emu Creek, Camel Creek, Talga River | |
| Flowing lakes | Mulyie pool | |
| Medium-sized cities | Marble bar | |
| Communities | Eginbah | |
The Coongan River is a river in the Pilbara region in the northwest of the Australian state of Western Australia .
geography
course
The river rises north of the Chichester Range , around 30 kilometers west of the small town of Nullagine and flows first in a northerly direction, west past the town of Marble Bar , to the settlement of Eginbah on Rippon Hills Road . There it turns its course to the northwest through the Gorge Range and flows south of the ghost town of Goldsworthy into the Mulyie Pool and thus into the De Gray River .
The Coongan River does not have water all year round. The city of Marble Bar branches off about 180,000 m³ of water annually from the alluvium of the river. The water quality of the river varies depending on the water level. The turbidity of the river water is 587 Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU), and the average salinity is 100 mg / l.
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Triberton Creek - 314 m
- Withnell Creek - 293 m
- Budjan Creek - 281 m
- Boobina Creek - 273 m
- Emu Creek - 229 m
- Camel Creek - 203 m
- Talga River - 118 m
- One Mile Creek - 109 meters
history
The name of the river goes back to the Aborigines and was first mentioned in 1878 by Alexander Forrest . The original owners of this area were the Njamal or Nyamal Aboriginal people .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Coongan River, WA . Bonzle.com
- ^ Surface Hydrology of the Pilbara Region (Summary) . Department of Water. Government of Western Australia (2000) ( Memento of the original dated June 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 87
- ^ Australian Aboriginal Tribal Database . ausanthrop.net (2009)
