Mulligan River

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Mulligan River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Warburton River
Drain over Eyre Creek  → Warburton River  → Lake Eyre
source Toko Range
22 ° 58 ′ 59 ″  S , 138 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height 205  m
Infiltration Eyre Creek at Muncoonie coordinates: 24 ° 57 '45 "  S , 138 ° 35' 10"  O 24 ° 57 '45 "  S , 138 ° 35' 10"  O
Mouth height 49  m
Height difference 156 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.46 ‰
length approx. 340 km
Left tributaries Ripunthala Creek
Right tributaries Mulligan Creek, Sandy Creek, Kalabarkaloo Creek
Flowing lakes 11 water holes and lakes
Communities Cravens Peak, Muncoonie

The Mulligan River is a river in the extreme southwest of the Australian state of Queensland .

geography

River course

The river has its source in the Toko Range , about 10 km east of the border with the Northern Territory . It flows first to the southeast and then to the south along the eastern border of the Simpson Desert . At Muncoonie , east of the Simpson Desert National Park , it seeps into the underground west of Eyre Creek .

A few kilometers further southwest, at Annandale , the Eyre Creek re-emerges and leads its water and that of the Mulligan River - if available - south to the Warburton River . Most of the year, and often for many years in a row, these rivers lie dry.

Tributaries with mouth heights

Flowing lakes

The Mulligan River flows through several water holes and lakes, which are usually filled with water even when the river itself is dry:

  • Wandera Waterhole - 114 m
  • Cootadoo Waterhole - 106 m
  • Wongitta Waterhole - 90 m
  • Lake Wongitta - 88 m
  • Lignum Waterhole - 85 m
  • Titibilkie Waterhole - 76 m
  • Pulchera Waterhole - 76 m
  • Teriwa Waterhole - 75 m
  • Piatree Waterhole - 70 m
  • Cooyeana Waterhole - 65 m
  • Mumbleberry Waterhole - 63 m
  • Tarpoolerie Waterhole - 59 m

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Mulligan River, QLD (205 m - 62 m) Bonzle.com
  2. ↑ a b Map of Mulligan River, QLD (62 m - 49 m) Bonzle.com
  3. ^ A b c Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , p. 16.