Serpentine River (Indian Ocean)

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Serpentine River
Serpentine River over Serpentine Falls

Serpentine River over Serpentine Falls

Data
location Western Australia , Australia
River system Serpentine River
source Bowerling Hill
32 ° 31 '34 "  S , 116 ° 28' 17"  O
Source height 313  m 
muzzle Peel Inlet , Indian Ocean Coordinates: 32 ° 34 ′ 31 "  S , 115 ° 45 ′ 44"  E 32 ° 34 ′ 31 "  S , 115 ° 45 ′ 44"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 313 m
Bottom slope 2.8 ‰
length 111 km
Right tributaries Big Brock
Reservoirs flowed through Serpentine Dam
Medium-sized cities Mandurah
Small towns North Bannister , Jarrahdale , Serpentine

The Serpentine River is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia .

course

The river rises in the mountains of Darling Scarp below Bowerling Hill and crosses the Albany Highway north of North Bannister , flows further northwest through the Youarling State Forest and then through the 44 km² Serpentine National Park . The river accumulates in the Serpentine Dam and flows over the Serpentine Waterfall south to Jarrahdale and then into the Swan Coastal Plain . It flows further west and crosses the South Western Highway , then turns towards the town of Serpentine . There it turns south and flows into the Peel Inlet , an estuary , near Mandurah .

The Serpentine River is dammed in the Serpentine Dam and supplies Perth with drinking water. The only tributary is the Big Brock , which flows through the Kerulup Pool , Lake Amarillo, and Goegrup Lake .

Surname

It is not known who named the Serpentine River. It was surveyed by Captain Mark Currie in 1892, but the name already appears on a Royal Geographical Society map from 1832.

  • Serpentine Dam

  • Serpentine Falls

There was a poisonous algal bloom in the river in 2007 .

See also

Web links

Commons : Serpentine River (Indian Ocean)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Serpentine River, WA . 2006. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
  2. ^ Official website of the Serpentinep National Park. DEC , accessed July 26, 2009 .
  3. ↑ ABCNews - Serpentine River algae may damage health WA . 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2008.