Cooper Creek

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Cooper Creek
Cooper Creek in the Lake Eyre catchment

Cooper Creek in the Lake Eyre catchment

Data
location Central Australia
River system Cooper Creek
Drain over Cooper Creek → Lake Eyre
Source height 130  m
muzzle Lake Eyre Coordinates: 28 ° 22 ′ 2 "  S , 137 ° 40 ′ 23"  E 28 ° 22 ′ 2 "  S , 137 ° 40 ′ 23"  E
Mouth height 16  m below sea level
Height difference 146 m
Bottom slope 0.1 ‰
length 1420 km
Catchment area 297,000 km²
Outflow at the Barcoo gauge MQ
 73 m³ / s
Left tributaries Barcoo River , Kyabra Creek, Malcho Creek, Station Creek, Woomanooka Creek, Okena Creek, Barmaroo Creek, Oondacurrurrah Creek, Strzelecki Creek , Wilpinnie Creek, Ooranie Creek, Kanowana Channel
Right tributaries Thomson River , Marourah Creek, Goolichie Creek, Coloy Creek, Quartier Creek, Bone Creek, Munkah Creek, Shamrock Creek, Konkoh Creek, Wilson River , Parenjelly Creek, Mulgerra Creek, Merninie Creek, Oonabrinta Creek, Cooper Creek Northwest Branch
Flowing lakes 118 water holes and lakes
Medium-sized cities Windorah , Innamincka
Communities Tanbar, Durham Downs, Karmona, Nappa Merrie, Etadinna
Cooper Creek near Innamincka in the Strzelecki Desert in South Australia

Cooper Creek near Innamincka in the Strzelecki Desert in South Australia

The Cooper Creek is a river that carries water only intermittently and is located in the Lake Eyre Basin in central Australia . Its catchment area extends over about a quarter of the basin with 297,000 square kilometers and is located in the states of Queensland , South Australia and, to a small extent, in northwest New South Wales .

geography

River course

Cooper Creek rises west of the Great Dividing Range as the Barcoo River in central Queensland , where it flows to the northwest and, after passing the town of Blackall , turns to the southwest. It is only called Cooper Creek after it has merged with the Thomson River . Then it crosses the Strzelecki Desert , flows past the southern edge of the Sturts-Steinigen Desert and flows through the Tirari Desert to end in Lake Eyre . Its course is called Channel Country , because its course is divided into many channels, which flow parallel in the floodplain and some have their own names. The Channel Country is an important grass and pastureland for sheep and cattle raising. The northern Eyre salt lake, into which it flows, is fed by Cooper Creek and other rivers only rarely - about every 25 years. This was last the case in 2000.

Tributaries with mouth heights

The Cooper Creek has the following tributaries:

Flowing lakes

Cooper Creek flows through many water holes and pools, some of which are filled with water even when the river is dry.

  • Twelve Mile Waterhole - 130 meters
  • Brogans Waterhole - 130 m
  • Murken Waterhole - 130 m
  • Currareva Waterhole - 130 m
  • Six Mile Waterhole - 129 meters
  • Shed Waterhole - 129 m
  • Whiskey Waterhole - 127 m
  • Eylle Waterhole - 127 m
  • Inghella Waterhole - 126 m
  • Bungera Waterhole - 125 m
  • Wallinderry Waterhole - 123 m
  • Arning Waterhole - 122 m
  • Yallebulla Waterhole - 122 m
  • Homler Waterhole - 120 m
  • Back Wallinderry Watherhole - 120 m
  • Talpie Waterhole - 118 m
  • Hornier Waterhole - 117 m
  • Hippinyah Waterhole - 116 m
  • Bullang Waterhole - 116 m
  • Tanborough Waterhole - 115 m
  • Unthill Waterhole - 115 m
  • Moonlight Waterhole - 115 m
  • Candue Waterhole - 114 m
  • Binjula Waterhole - 113 m
  • Wombundarry Waterhole - 112 m
  • Burleway Waterhole - 111 m
  • Pool Pirrie Five Mile Waterhole - 111 m
  • Curlew Waterhole - 110 m
  • Double Clump Waterhole - 109 meters
  • Tub Waterhole - 109 m
  • Towan Waterhole - 108 m
  • Yappie Waterhole - 107 m
  • Yalungah Lagoon - 104 m
  • Waterhole track - 104 m
  • Quimmaroo Waterhole - 101 m
  • Eulbertie Waterhole - 99 m
  • Tobacco Waterhole - 98 m
  • Hudson's Waterhole - 98 m
  • Currawonga Waterhole - 96 m
  • Eulotean Waterhole - 96 m
  • Mulga Corner Waterhole - 94 m
  • Dingo Puppy Waterhole - 94 m
  • Marboo Waterhole - 93 m
  • Lost Hole Waterhole - 93 m
  • Beefwood Waterhole - 92 m
  • Toolavena Waterhole - 92 m
  • Tarquoh Waterhole - 91 m
  • Pastry Waterhole - 90 m
  • Mignonette Waterhole - 89 m
  • Ergelear Waterhole - 88 m
  • Tooroonooka Waterhole - 88 m
  • Shovel Waterhole - 85 m
  • Widindra Waterhole - 85 m
  • Gallina Waterhole - 83 m
  • Pritchella Waterhole - 83 m
  • Tabbareah Waterhole - 82 m
  • Teedledee Waterhole - 80 m
  • Meringhina Waterhole - 79 m
  • Didhelginna Waterhole - 78 m
  • Bogaller Waterhole - 78 m
  • Bogala Waterhole - 77 m
  • Wooroogoorah Waterhole - 75 m
  • Goonbabinna Waterhole - 75 m
  • Conrick Waterhole - 74 m
  • Mooroo Waterhole - 70 m
  • Nockabooka Waterhole - 70 m
  • Owwirree Waterhole - 68 m
  • Nurra Norah Waterhole - 66 m
  • Bilpa Waterhole - 66 m
  • Unka Waterhole - 61 m
  • Womakie Waterhole - 61 m
  • Marranumbla Waterhole - 59 m
  • Maapoo Waterhole - 59 m
  • Nappa Merrie Waterhole - 54 m
  • Nappapethera Waterhole - 53 m
  • Cullyamurra Waterhole - 53 m
  • Nappaoonie Waterhole - 53 m
  • Bullah Bullah Waterhole - 51 m
  • Queerbidie Waterhole - 51 m
  • Mulkonbar Waterhole - 51 m
  • Marpoo Waterhole - 50 m
  • Oontoo Waterhole - 50 m
  • Burke Waterhole - 48 m
  • Tilcha Waterhole - 47 m
  • Minkie Waterhole - 46 m
  • Embarka Waterhole - 40 m
  • Pinnadinnie Waterhole - 40 m
  • Yowacallannie Waterhole - 37 m
  • Munjoorooanie Waterhole - 36 m
  • Moorari Waterhole - 36 m
  • Kilanjennie Waterhole - 35 m
  • Cuttapirie Corner Waterhole - 31 m
  • Darby Waterhole - 31 m
  • Parachirrinna Waterhole - 28 m
  • Deparanie Waterhole - 27 m
  • Murra Murrina Waterhole - 26 m
  • Cooroomunchena Waterhole - 24 m
  • Mollichuta Waterhole - 24 m
  • Pilachilpna Waterhole - 22 m
  • Narrawalpinna Waterhole - 22 m
  • Minkanoranie Soak Well - 18 m
  • Keenaweena Waterhole - 18 m
  • Winthekarrinna Waterhole - 16 m
  • Waukatanna Waterhole - 16 m
  • Lake Appadare - 15 m
  • Lake Tepondinna - 12 m
  • Kunderanna Waterhole - 11 m
  • Lake Pandruannie -10 m
  • Kirrakirrinna Waterhole - 10 m
  • Lake Warrawarrinna - 9 m
  • Lake Killamperpunna - 8 m
  • Tilla Tilla Waterhole - 4 m
  • Malgoona Waterhole - 3 m
  • Pirinna Waterhole -1 m
  • Ilturunna Soakage -1 m
  • Warrendoona Waterhole - -2 m
  • Cuttapirra Waterhole - -2 m
  • Lake Eyre - -16 m

Fish fauna

The fish in the only sporadically flowing Cooper Creek in the arid climate are adapted to the strongly fluctuating and unpredictable environmental conditions between the long phases of drying out and short phases of violent flooding. The following Australian fish species live in the catchment area of ​​Cooper Creek, including some fish that are endemic to this water body :

Invasive species introduced by humans that harm natural fauna are the goldfish and mosquito fish .

history

Burke and Wills arrive at the meeting point on Cooper Creek. Painting by John Longstaff

Cooper Creek was vital to Burke and Wills' expedition . Explorers Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills missed the expedition members who had been left behind at the meeting point at Cooper Creek, who had given up hope of Burke and Wills' return after 18 weeks of waiting and had left nine hours before their arrival. Subsequently, Burke and Wills were killed on their return journey due to a chain of unfortunate circumstances and poor leadership. Both were buried at Cooper Creek, exhumed in 1862 and first brought to Adelaide by the British geologist and naturalist Alfred William Howitt and buried in Melbourne's Central Cemetery in 1863 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Cooper Creek (130 m - 5 m) . Bonzle.com
  2. ↑ a b Map of Cooper Creek (5 m - -16 m) . Bonzle.com
  3. ↑ Data sheet: Common native fish of the Lake Eyre Rivers fact sheet ( pdf ) at www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au.
  4. ↑ Burke & Wills Grave . Burke & Wills Web