Glenelg River (Indian Ocean)
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Glenelg River Bochara River |
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 Glenelg River catchment area |
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| location | Victoria / South Australia , Australia | |
| River system | Glenelg River | |
| source | The Chimney Pots in Grampians National Park 37 ° 14 ′ 25 ″ S , 142 ° 23 ′ 31 ″ E |
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| Source height | 759 m | |
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Indian Ocean near Nelson Coordinates: 38 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 141 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E 38 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 141 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 759 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.6 ‰ | |
| length | 476 km | |
| Left tributaries | Muline Creek, Cattle Station Creek, Anderson Creek, Pendyk Pendyk Creek, Yarramyljup Creek, Mather Creek, Schofield Creek, Sugarloaf Creek, Pigeon Ponds Creek, Chetwynd River , McPherson Creek, Booroite Creek, Nolan Creek, Steep Bank Rivulet, Macpherson Creek, Bowfell Creek, Wannon River , Stokes River , Crawford River , Moleside Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Holligan Creek, Salt Creek, Salt Creek, Whittaker Creek, Kodnook Creek, Powers Creek, Ferres Creek, Salt Creek, Deep Creek, Cawkers Creek, Limestone Creek, Scott Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Rocklands Reservoir | |
| Medium-sized cities | Casterton | |
| Small towns | Balmoral, Harrow, Dartmoor, Donovans, Nelson | |
 River island with cenotaph in the Glenelg River |
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The Glenelg River or Bochara River is a river in the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia .
Surname
The river was named in August 1836 by the explorer Thomas Livingstone Mitchell after the colonial secretary Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg .
geography
course
The river has its source on the slopes of The Chimney Pots in the Grampians . From there it flows first to the northeast and northwest to the Black Range . There it turns its course south into the Rocklands Reservoir , which it leaves with flow direction northwest. After looping through the small town of Balmoral , it turns north of town to the southwest to flow to Dergholm State Park , a state reserve. From there it runs south through the towns of Casterton and Dartmoor to Lower Glenelg National Park near the coast. In the park he turns west towards Mount Gambier . In a bend in the river he crosses the border to South Australia , only to return to Victoria a little later. After a few kilometers to the southeast , it flows into the Southern Ocean at Nelson . At 350 km, it is the longest river in southwest Victoria.
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Holligan Creek - 216 m
- Muline Creek - 216 m
- Cattle Station Creek - 216 m
- Anderson Creek - 216 m
- Pendyk Pendyk Creek - 216 m
- Salt Creek - 188 m
- Yarramyljup Creek - 181 m
- Mather Creek - 181 m
- Scholfield Creek - 125 m
- Salt Creek - 108 m
- Whittaker Creek - 99 m
- Sugarloaf Creek - 98 m
- Pigeon Ponds Creek - 95 m
- Chetwynd River - 94 m
- Kodnook Creek - 94 m
- McPherson Creek - 92 m
- Powers Creek - 91 m
- Ferres Creek - 85 m
- Booroite Creek - 83 m
- Salt Creek - 79 m
- Nolan Creek - 72 m
- Steep Bank Rivulet - 63 m
- Macpherson Creek - 57 m
- Deep Creek - 52 m
- Bowtell Creek - 48 m
- Wannon River - 43 m
- Cawkers Creek - 36 m
- Limestone Creek - 29 m
- Scott Creek - 29 m
- Stokes River - 24 m
- Crawford River - 16 m
- Moleside Creek - 11 m
Reservoirs
- Rocklands Reservoir - 216 m
Important settlements
- Balmoral
- Harrow
- Casterton
- Dartmoor
- Donovans
- Nelson
Important river crossings
- Natimuk Hamilton Road - Kanagulk
- Coleraine-Edenhope Road-Harrow
- Kandnock-Connewirricoo Road - Connewirricoo
- Casterton-Edenhope Road - Kadnook
- Dergholm-Chetwynd Road - Dergholm
- Warrock Road - Warrock
- Section Road - Dunrobin
- Glenelg Highway - Casterton
- Anderson Street - Casterton
- Sandford-Ballgalah Road - Sandford
- Casterton-Dartmoor Road - Bahgallah
- Myaring-Pieracle Road - Strathdownie
- Greenham Street - Dartmoor
- Railway Overpass - Dartmoor
- Princes Highway - Dartmoor
- Portland-Nelson Road - Nelson (1893 wooden bridge; 1963 steel cantilever bridge)
Water flow
Large amounts of water are diverted from the upper reaches of the Glenelg River for agricultural irrigation projects and water supplies to nearby cities.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Map of Glenelg River, VIC . Bonzle.com
- ^ Thomas Mitchell: Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia . Boone. London (1838). Volume 2
- ↑ Eric Bird: The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS) - Place Names on the Coast of Victoria ( Memento of March 4, 2011 on WebCite ) - October 12, 2006, anps.org.au, English (PDF; 157 kB)
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 44