天鹅河 (西澳大利亚州)

珀斯河流

斯旺河(英语:Swan River)是一条流经西澳大利亚西南部的河流。在当地原住民的语言中,斯旺河的名称是Derbarl Yerrigan[2]。斯旺河在珀斯附近入海,其下游河道较宽且水深很深,而上游却非常狭窄且水深很浅。斯旺河的流域面积约121000平方公里,主要支流有三条,包括了雅芳河、甘宁河和海伦娜河,其中后两者有拦河坝。斯旺河是珀斯和其附近地区重要的饮用水来源。斯旺河流域的气候是地中海气候,冬季温暖湿润,夏季炎热干燥。流浪因季节降水而大幅变动。斯旺河河口的水位会因潮汐的变动而有约1米的变化。

斯旺河
Derbarl Yerrigan
珀斯一带的斯旺河地图
别名Swan river
国家澳大利亚
西澳大利亚
流域
河口印度洋
城市珀斯弗里曼特尔
特征
左岸支流Susannah Brook、Jane Brook
右岸支流Ellen Brook、Helena River、Bennett Brook、Canning River
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参考资料

编辑
  1. ^ Middelmann; Rogers; et al. Riverine Flood Hazard (PDF). Geoscience Australia. Australian Government. June 2005. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2011-03-17). 
  2. ^ Aborigines in the Swan River. Swan River Perth. Swan River- Perth. [6 March 2014]. (原始内容存档于2014-03-06). 
  • Burningham, Nick. Messing About in Earnest. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. 2004. ISBN 1-920731-25-3. 
  • Seddon, George. Swan River Landscapes. University of Western Australia: Printing Press. 1970. ISBN 0-85564-043-X. 
  • Thompson, James (1911) Improvements to Swan River navigation 1830–1840 [cartographic material] Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Institution of Engineers, 1911. (Perth : Govt. Printer) Battye Library note: – Issued as Drawing no. 1 accompanying Inaugural address by Thompson 31 March 1910 as first president of the Western Australian Institution of Engineers, – Cadastral base map from Lands and Surveys Dept with additions by Thompson showing river engineering works from Burswood to Hierrison [i.e., Heirisson] islands and shorelines as they existed 1830–1840; includes Aboriginal place names along Swan River Estuary.