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 | |
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 珀斯一带的斯旺河地图 | |
| 别名 | Swan river |
| 国家 | 澳大利亚 |
| 州 | 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
- ^ 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）.
- ^ 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.