Eyre Creek (Warburton River)
Eyre Creek | ||
Eyre Creek in the Lake Eyre basin |
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Data | ||
location | Queensland / South Australia , Australia | |
River system | Warburton River | |
Drain over | Warburton River → Lake Eyre | |
source | near Breadalbane, south of Boulia 23 ° 49 ′ 55 ″ S , 139 ° 39 ′ 55 ″ E |
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Source height | 107 m | |
confluence |
Warburton River at Alton Downs Coordinates: 26 ° 48 ′ 48 " S , 138 ° 58 ′ 1" E 26 ° 48 ′ 48 " S , 138 ° 58 ′ 1" E |
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Mouth height | 24 m | |
Height difference | 83 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 0.16 ‰ | |
length | approx. 520 km | |
Left tributaries | Four Mile Creek | |
Right tributaries | Georgina River , Lignum Channels, Hay River , Mulligan River | |
Flowing lakes | 25 water holes and lakes | |
Small towns | Bedourie | |
Communities | Glengyle, Muncoonie, Annandale |
The Eyre Creek is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Queensland and in the northeast of South Australia .
geography
River course
The river arises at the settlement Breedalbene , about 100 kilometers south of Boulia on the Diamantina Developmental Road , from the Georgina River . It flows south, along the road that it crosses at Bedourie . He then follows Eyre Developmental Road south for another 50 kilometers and then turns west. Eyre Creek flows through Lake Koolivoo and Lake Mipia and then seeps into the underground east of the Simpson Desert .
At the ghost town of Annandale it comes to the surface again and absorbs the water of the Mulligan River , which drained a few kilometers north . It continues its way south on the edge of the Simpson Desert, crosses the border to South Australia and flows into the Goyder Lagoon and thus into the Warburton River .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Georgina River - 107 m
- Four Mile Creek - 97 meters
- Lignum Channels - 77 m
- Hay River - 75 m - The Hay River usually seeps away about 110 km northwest of Eyre Creek in the Simpson Desert . It only overflows into Eyre Creek in particularly wet years.
- Mulligan River - 49 m
Flowing lakes
The Eyre Creek flows through a series of water holes, which are usually filled with water even when the river itself is dry:
- Koolivoo Waterhole - 78 m
- Lake Koolivoo - 77 m
- Bunk Waterhole - 76 m
- Tomydonka Waterhole - 75 m
- Lake Mipia - 74 m
- Torawa Waterhole - 74 m
- Katonkra Waterhole - 70 m
- Smith Waterhole - 68 m
- Norady Waterhole - 67 m
- Titchery Waterhole - 64 m
- Cowarie Waterhole - 64 m
- Kauri Waterhole - 63 m
- Annandale Carrawallia Waterhole - 61 m
- Taranga Waterhole - 59 m
- Muncoonie Waterhole - 58 m
- Kuntianna Waterhole - 56 m
- Kuddarree Waterhole - 51 m
- Annandale Waterhole - 49 m
- Dickerie Waterhole - 45 m
- Terrachi Waterhole - 38 m
- Kooringala Waterhole - 33 m
- Narrabutiannie Waterhole - 32 m
- Tepaminkanie Waterhole - 27 m
- Tepamini Waterhole - 25 m
- Clorida Waterhole - 25 m
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map of Eyre Creek, QLD Bonzle.com
- ↑ a b Map of Eyre Creek Bonzle.com
- ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 16 + 73