Deua River
| Deua River | ||
 A large pool in the Deua River when the water level is higher |
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| Data | ||
| location | New South Wales , Australia | |
| River system | Moruya River | |
| Drain over | Moruya River → Tasman Sea | |
| source | southern Deua National Park 36 ° 0 ′ 27 ″ S , 149 ° 52 ′ 30 ″ E |
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| Source height | 641 m | |
| muzzle |
Moruya River west of Moruya coordinates: 35 ° 55 ′ 56 " S , 150 ° 2 ′ 32" E 35 ° 55 ′ 56 " S , 150 ° 2 ′ 32" E |
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| Mouth height | 9 m | |
| Height difference | 632 m | |
| Bottom slope | 4.5 ‰ | |
| length | 139 km | |
| Left tributaries | Running Creek, Jillaga Creek, Con Creek, Curmulee Creek, Telowar Creek, Bettowynd Creek, Moodong Creek, Araluen Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Georges Creek, Parsons Creek, Beamer Creek, Woola Creek, Dry Creek, Burra Creek | |
The Deua River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales .
geography
The river has its source in the wild and densely forested mountains of Deua National Park on the eastern flank of the Great Dividing Range . Its catchment area is in the rain shadow and so the Deua River is a rather small river, which also shows strongly changing water levels. The Deua River makes its way through unpopulated area through the national park to the north and then to the northeast. At the mouth of the Araluen Creek , it turns its course to the southeast and flows west of Moruya into the Moruya River .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Running Creek - 376 m
- Georges Creek - 327 m
- Jillaga Creek - 321 m
- Con Creek - 303 m
- Curmulee Creek - 209 m
- Parsons Creek - 191 m
- Beamer Creek - 139 m
- Woola Creek - 131 m
- Telowar Creek - 124 m
- Bettowynd Creek - 119 m
- Moodong Creek - 115 m
- Araluen Creek - 107 m
- Dry Creek - 63 m
- Burra Creek - 11 m
The Araluen gold rush settlement on Araluen Creek
The small town of Araluen is located in the valley of Araluen Creek , a tributary of the Deua River in its middle reaches. The name 'Araluen' means "water lily" or "place of the water lilies" in the local Aboriginal dialect . At the time of the European settlement, Araluen was described as a wide alluvial valley with many natural water holes covered with water lilies. Today these water holes no longer exist there. Like many river and stream valleys in southeastern Australia, this natural valley and its watercourse were completely destroyed by wild and unregulated gold mining in the second half of the 19th century. Thousands of tons of coarse granite sand were moved and this resulted in serious silting of the lower reaches of the Deua River below the mouth of Araluen Creek. Nevertheless, there are valuable populations of the endangered Australian trout pike and several other native freshwater fish in the Deua River .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Deua River, NSW . Bonzle.com
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 35
- ↑ Araluen . Geographical Names Register Extract. Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2011 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.
