Eyre Creek (Warburton River)

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Eyre Creek
Eyre Creek in the Lake Eyre basin

Eyre Creek in the Lake Eyre basin

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
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
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

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

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Eyre Creek, QLD Bonzle.com
  2. ↑ a b Map of Eyre Creek Bonzle.com
  3. ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 16 + 73