Great Darling Anabranch

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Great Darling Anabranch
The arm of the river during the December 2010 flood

The arm of the river during the December 2010 flood

Data
location New South Wales ( Australia )
River system Murray River
Drain over Murray River  → Indian Ocean
Branches in the floodplain Darling River south of Menindee
32 ° 52 ′ 59 ″  S , 142 ° 21 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height 59.9  m
muzzle Murray River 12 km west of Wentworth Coordinates: 34 ° 5 ′ 14 "  S , 141 ° 46 ′ 37"  E 34 ° 5 ′ 14 "  S , 141 ° 46 ′ 37"  E
Mouth height 32.7  m
Height difference 27.2 m
Bottom slope 0.11 ‰
length 244 km
Left tributaries Stony Creek
Right tributaries Coonalhugga Creek, Redbank Creek, Glue Pot Creek, Popiltah Creek
Flowing lakes Lake Mindona , Hunter Waterhole
Communities Tor Downs, Wycot, Cuthero, Woodlands, Bunnerungee, Toora, Watara, Bulpinga, Anabranch Hall

The Great Darling Anabranch is an arm of the Darling River in the southwest of the Australian state of New South Wales .

It branches south of Menindee from today's bed of the Darling River to the west and runs west of the main river through an area of ​​salt lakes, which it also partially flows through. About twelve kilometers west of the current confluence of the Darling River in the Murray River , the Great Darling Anabranch also flows into the Murray River.

The Darling River used to run in the bed of what is now the Great Darling Anabranch. Since the completion of the Menindee Lakes , which serve to regulate the flooding of the Darling River, water has been regularly drained from there into the Great Darling Anabranch for irrigation purposes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Great Darling Anabranch, NSW . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerville QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4