斯旺河
Swan River
斯旺河(英语:Swan River)是一条流经西澳洲西南部的河流。在当地原住民的语言中,斯旺河的名称是Derbarl Yerrigan。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。
详细内容
天鹅河
参考资料
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.