Warburton River
| Warburton River | ||
 Warburton River in the Lake Eyre Basin |
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| Data | ||
| location | South Australia , Australia | |
| River system | Warburton River | |
| Drain over | Warburton River → Lake Eyre | |
| confluence | at Alton Downs 26 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 139 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Source height | 24 m | |
| muzzle |
Lake Eyre Coordinates: 27 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 137 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E 27 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 137 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 15 m below sea level | |
| Height difference | 39 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.09 ‰ | |
| length | 412 km | |
| Left tributaries | Diamantina River , Derwent Creek, Kalaweerina Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Eyre Creek , Kallkoopah Creek, Tumpawarinna Creek, Macumba River | |
| Flowing lakes | 19 water holes | |
| Communities | Warburton Crossing, Kalamurina | |
The Warburton River , the upper reaches also Warburton Creek called, is a temporary water-bearing river in the northeastern Australian state of South Australia , which from the east in the Lake Eyre - Salt Lake empties .
Geography and hydrology
River course
The river arises at the settlement of Alton Downs on the border of the Simpson Desert and the Strzelecki Desert in the north-east of South Australia. In the Goyder Lagoon , the rivers coming from the north unite Diamantina River and Eyre Creek . The Warburton Creek leaves the wetland in a southwesterly direction and flows through the settlements of Warburton Crossing and Kalamurina on the edge of the Sturts-Stony Desert and the Tirari Desert . Shortly before its confluence with Lake Eyre, the river, which is now called the Warburton River , takes in the Macumba River , which comes from the northwest . North of the Lake Eyre National Park , it flows into the salt lake of the same name.
The Warburton River is of great importance to the region's agriculture. However, from a statistical point of view, its water only reaches Lake Eyre every 25 years, especially when there is heavy rainfall in its catchment area.
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Eyre Creek - 24 m
- Diamantina River - 24 m
- Kallakoopah Creek - 20 m
- Derwent Creek - 8 m
- Tumpawarinna Creek - 7 m
- Kalaweerina Creek - −10 m
- Macumba River - −11 m
Flowing lakes
The Warburton River flows through a series of water holes, most of which are filled with water even when the river itself is dry:
- Ancheterrinna Waterhole - 22 m
- Poothapootha Waterhole - 22 m
- Mooloowurdoo Waterhole - 21 m
- Koochooweerinna Waterhole - 21 m
- Murdaperilinna Waterhole - 20 m
- Pirricoogoomoo Waterhole - 19 m
- Ultoomurra Waterhole - 18 m
- Wanawarawampinna Waterhole - 18 m
- Wurdoopoothanie Waterhole - 18 m
- Willapinna Waterhole - 13 m
- Emu Bone Waterhole - 12 m
- Moondanna Waterhole - 10 m
- Yellow Waterhole - 9 m
- Kirrianthana Waterhole - 6 m
- Keekelanna Soakage - −2 m
- Karingallanna Waterhole - −5 m
- Kalawaranna Soakage - −6 m
- Wild Dog Waterhole - −10 m
- Warriebucca Waterhole - −10 m
history
The great explorer of Australia , Peter Egerton Warburton , explored the course of the river in 1866 as the first European to believe that it was Cooper Creek . The river was named after him.
See also
Web links
- Wartburton River in flood (English; PDF file; 2.46 MB)
- Travel report on the Warburton River ( Memento from March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Longest rivers in Australia ( Memento from July 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map of Warburton Creek, SA Bonzle.com
- ^ A b c Map of Warburton River, SA . Bonzle.com
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 73