Darr River
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location | Queensland , Australia | |
River system | Cooper Creek | |
Drain over | Thomson River → Cooper Creek → Lake Eyre | |
source | east of Winton 22 ° 30 ′ 23 ″ S , 143 ° 47 ′ 33 ″ E |
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Source height | 260 m | |
muzzle |
Thomson River at Arrialalah coordinates: 23 ° 36 '33 " S , 143 ° 50' 39" O 23 ° 36 '33 " S , 143 ° 50' 39" O |
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Mouth height | 175 m | |
Height difference | 85 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 0.43 ‰ | |
length | approx. 200 km | |
Left tributaries | Burns Creek, Eighteen Mile Creek, Ten Mile Creek, Seven Mile Creek, Three Mile Creek, Yarraman Creek, Cattle Creek, Navarre Creek, Scotty Creek, Leader Creek, Miserable Creek, Sandy Creek | |
Right tributaries | Sahara Creek, Twenty Mile Creek, Two Mile Creek, Crescent Creek, Phillips Creek, Boundary Creek, Emu Creek, Percy Creek, Middle Creek, Breedon Creek, Shady Creek, Maneroo Creek, Gum Creek, Martins Creek, Sandy Creek | |
Small towns | Darr | |
Communities | Darr River Downs, Strathdarr, Maneroo, Arrialalah |
The Darr River is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Queensland .
geography
River course
The river has its source at the Marita Downs settlement , about 70 kilometers east of Winton and initially flows northeast along the Landsborough Highway to the Darr settlement , about 20 km northwest of Longreach . There it turns its course to the southwest, crosses under the highway and flows into the Thomson River at the settlement Arrialalah , about 50 kilometers southwest of Longreach .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Burns Creek - 250 m
- Sahara Creek - 247 m
- Twenty Mile Creek - 239 meters
- Eighteen Mile Creek - 236 meters
- Ten Mile Creek - 230 meters
- Seven Mile Creek - 221 m
- Three Mile Creek - 220 meters
- Yarraman Creek - 214 m
- Two Mile Creek - 211 m
- Crescent Creek - 210 meters
- Phillips Creek - 206 m
- Boundary Creek - 203 m
- Emu Creek - 203 m
- Cattle Creek - 201 m
- Navarre Creek - 200 m
- Percy Creek - 197 m
- Scotty Creek - 195 m
- Leader Creek - 194 m
- Miserable Creek - 192 m
- Middle Creek - 191 m
- Breedon Creek - 189 m
- Shady Creek - 187 m
- Maneroo Creek - 186 m
- Sandy Creek - 185 m
- Gum Creek - 177 m
- Martins Creek - 176 m
- Sandy Creek - 175 m
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map of Darr River, QLD . Bonzle.com
- ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 17