Wilson River (Cooper Creek)

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Wilson River
Data
location Queensland (Australia)
River system Cooper Creek
Drain over Cooper Creek  → Lake Eyre
source Gray Range
27 ° 8 ′ 54 ″  S , 143 ° 26 ′ 34 ″  O
Source height 189  m
muzzle Cooper Creek east of Nappa Merie coordinates: 27 ° 46 '43 "  S , 142 ° 15' 35"  O 27 ° 46 '43 "  S , 142 ° 15' 35"  O
Mouth height 62  m
Height difference 127 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.49 ‰
length approx. 260 km
Left tributaries Mugginanullah Creek, Gi Gi Creek, Lignum Branch, Dilkera Creek, Tookabarnoo Creek, Nockanoora Creek
Right tributaries Five Mile Creek, Toobunyah Creek, Ginniapapa Creek, Nundramundoo Creek, Tirtywinna Creek
Flowing lakes 17 water holes
Medium-sized cities Noccundra
Communities Nockatunga

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

geography

River course

The river has its source in the northern part of the Gray Range northeast of the settlement Tobermory and initially flows in a north-westerly direction to the south of the settlement of Mount Margaret . There it turns its course to the southwest to the city of Noccundra. West of the city, the river seeps away . Many kilometers further west, it emerges again at Oonagie Sandhill and continues its course for another 27 km to the southwest, where it flows into Cooper Creek east of Nappa Merie .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Flowing lakes

  • Yarragaminda Waterhole - 155 m
  • Borarie Waterhole - 151 m
  • Delga Waterhole - 132 m
  • Dundoo Waterhole - 126 m
  • Ullangilla Waterhole - 125 m
  • MurchelaWaterhole - 125 m
  • Little Murchela Waterhole - 124 m
  • Unbaro Waterhole - 123 m
  • Deer Waterhole - 122 m
  • Conbar Waterhole - 117 m
  • Patchina Waterhole - 110 m
  • Pitcherie Waterhole - 103 m
  • MutheroWaterhole - 100 m
  • Nockatunga Waterhole - 100 m
  • Thungo Waterhole - 96 m
  • Memi Waterhole - 87 m
  • Nockanoora Waterhole - 65 m

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map of Wilson River, QLD (189 m - 77 m) . Bonzle.com
  2. a b c Map of Wilson River, QLD (69 m - 62 m) . Bonzle.com
  3. ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 19