天鵝河 (西澳州)
珀斯河流
斯旺河（英語：Swan River）是一條流經西澳洲西南部的河流。在當地原住民的語言中，斯旺河的名稱是Derbarl Yerrigan[2]。斯旺河在珀斯附近入海，其下遊河道較寬且水深很深，而上游卻非常狹窄且水深很淺。斯旺河的流域面積約121000平方公里，主要支流有三條，包括了雅芳河、甘寧河和海倫娜河，其中後兩者有攔河壩。斯旺河是珀斯和其附近地區重要的飲用水來源。斯旺河流域的氣候是地中海氣候，冬季溫暖濕潤，夏季炎熱乾燥。流浪因季節降水而大幅變動。斯旺河河口的水位會因潮汐的變動而有約1米的變化。
| 斯旺河 Derbarl Yerrigan | |
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 珀斯一帶的斯旺河地圖 | |
| 別名 | Swan river |
| 國家 | 澳洲 |
| 州 | 西澳 |
| 流域 | |
| 河口 | 印度洋 |
| 城市 | 珀斯、弗里曼特爾 |
| 特徵 | |
| 左岸支流 | Susannah Brook、Jane Brook |
| 右岸支流 | Ellen Brook、Helena River、Bennett Brook、Canning River |
| [1]:3 | |
參考資料
編輯- ^ Middelmann; Rogers; et al. Riverine Flood Hazard (PDF). Geoscience Australia. Australian Government. June 2005. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2011-03-17）.
- ^ Aborigines in the Swan River. Swan River Perth. Swan River- Perth. [6 March 2014]. （原始內容存檔於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.