Strike-a-Light River

	Strike-a-Light River
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location	New South Wales , Australia
River system	Murray River
Drain over	Bredbo River → Murrumbidgee River → Murray River → Indian Ocean
source	Mount Wangrah Tinderry in the range ; 35 ° 53 '20 " S , 149 ° 22' 14" O
Source height	1200 m
muzzle	Bredbo River Coordinates: 35 ° 58 ′ 16 " S , 149 ° 13 ′ 49" E 35 ° 58 ′ 16 " S , 149 ° 13 ′ 49" E;
Mouth height	733 m
Height difference	467 m
Bottom slope	12 ‰
length	38.1 km
Left tributaries	Rocky Creek, Wangrah Creek
Right tributaries	Calabash Creek
Small towns	Jerangle

The Strike-a-Light River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales .

The river used to be called Strike-a-Light Creek or - in part - Tinderry Creek . It only got its current name in 1969.

course

The river has its source three kilometers south of the small town of Jerangle on the eastern slopes of Mount Wangrah in the southern Tinderry Range ( Great Dividing Range ) at an altitude of 1200 m. The Strike-a-Light River flows northwest to the Strike-a-Light Nature Reserve and then southwest to the Bredbo River . It covers a distance of 38 kilometers to its confluence with the Bredbo River.

Tributaries

Its tributaries are the Calabash Creek , Rocky Creek, and Wangrah Creek . The entire river is in the Cooma-Monaro Shire Local Government Area .

fauna

In Strike-a-Light River various amphibians such as the live Bibronkrötchen ( Pseudophryne bibronii ), the Australian Eastern Fröschchen ( Crinia signifera ), the South Australian Banjo frog ( Limnodynastes dumerilii ), the Tasmanian Banjo frog ( Limnodynastes tasmaniensis ) and the Verreaux Tree Frog ( Litoria verreauxii ).

flora

The typical vegetation along the river are eucalyptus forests ( Eucalyptus bridgesiana , Eucalyptus viminalis ) and dry bushland, as well as areas that have been partially cleared of natural vegetation.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Map of Strike-a-Light River, NSW . Bonzle.com
↑ ^a ^b List of Placenames ASSIGNED as RIVERs. Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Board of New South Wales ( July 16, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive )
^ Map of Strike-a-Light River, NSW . Bonzle Digital Atlas
↑ Burnt School and Strike-a-Light Nature Reserves - Plan of Management NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (PDF; 177 kB)
^ Burnt School and Strike-a-Light River Nature Reserves Fire Management Strategy . NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (2006) (PDF; 8.7 MB)

[bonzle-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Map of Strike-a-Light River, NSW . Bonzle.com

[GNR-2] List of Placenames ASSIGNED as RIVERs. Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Board of New South Wales ( July 16, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive )

[3] Map of Strike-a-Light River, NSW . Bonzle Digital Atlas

[4] Burnt School and Strike-a-Light Nature Reserves - Plan of Management NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (PDF; 177 kB)

[5] Burnt School and Strike-a-Light River Nature Reserves Fire Management Strategy . NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (2006) (PDF; 8.7 MB)