Paroo River

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Paroo River
Paroo River in Wanaaring NSW

Paroo River in Wanaaring NSW

Data
location Queensland / New South Wales , Australia
River system Murray River
Drain over Darling River  → Murray River  → Indian Ocean
source between Adavale and Charleville in Mariala National Park
26 ° 7 ′ 21 ″  S , 145 ° 8 ′ 35 ″  E
Source height 336  m
muzzle Darling River east of Wilcannia Coordinates: 31 ° 29'29 "  S , 143 ° 33'53"  E 31 ° 29'29 "  S , 143 ° 33'53"  E
Mouth height 75.8  m
Height difference 260.2 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.43 ‰
length approx. 600 km
Catchment area 1383 km²
Left tributaries Tomahawk Creek, Home Creek, Cattle Creek, Boundary Creek, Stockyard Creek, Scotty Creek, Quilbery Creek, Mumbooby Creek, Meeting Creek, Center Creek, Tumblebury Creek, Quandoan Creek, Buckenby Creek, Fish Creek, Spring Creek, Yali Creek, Wildcat Creek , Boobera Creek, Norman Creek, Gumble Creek, Bow Creek, Werai Creek, Koolpitara Creek, Momba Creek
Right tributaries Dargin Creek, Stockade Creek, Balsam Creek, Dempsey Creek, William Creek, Middle Creek, Ethelberry Creek, Eugood Creek, Yalyery Creek, Beechal Creek, Gum Creek, Yerrel Creek, Cookara Creek, Yowah Creek, Wiseman Creek, Carwarra Creek, Eurolie Creek , Possum Creek, Sandy Creek
Flowing lakes Buckenby Waterhole, Homeburn Waterhole, Corni Paroo Waterhole, Caiwarro Waterhole, Talyelaye Billabong, Budtha Waterhole
Reservoirs flowed through Thoulcanna reservoir
Small towns Yalamurra QLD, Eulo QLD, Hungerford QLD, Willara Crossing NSW, Wanaaring NSW

The Paroo River is a river in eastern Australia and is considered the most important tributary of the Darling River , although its waters usually do not reach it because they seep away beforehand. It is the last unregulated river in the northern part of the Murray-Darling Basin .

course

The river rises in the canyonland of western Queensland between Adavale and Charleville near Mariala National Park , meanders south, spreads out into the wide flood plains of New South Wales and finally reaches the Paroo floodplains in Paroo Darling National Park . Its total length is around 600 kilometers.

Wetlands of the Paroo River

The wetlands of the Paroo River in northwest New South Wales are very important to a number of waterfowl in eastern Australia. These include endangered species such as the monkey duck and the Australian goldencock .

On September 20, 2007, Australia's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull , announced that the Australian federal government had included the Paroo River wetlands in the Ramsar Convention , making them the 65th Australian wetland of international importance in the agreement .

gallery

  • The dried up Paroo River at Wilcannia NSW

  • Road signs on the bridge over the Paroo River at Wilcannia NSW

See also

Web links

Commons : Paroo River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map of Paroo River (336 m - 94 m) . Bonzle.com
  2. ↑ a b Map of Paroo River (85.7 m - 75.8 m) . Bonzle.com
  3. ↑ Map of Paroo River (94 m - 85.7 m) . Bonzle.com
  4. ^ Paroo River Wetlands Fact Sheet . Environment.gov.au ( Memento of the original dated August 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.environment.gov.au
  5. ↑ Press release No. T195 / 07 of the Australian Department for the Environment and Water Resources