天鵝河 (西澳州)

斯旺河
Derbarl Yerrigan
伯斯一帶的斯旺河地圖
别名Swan river
國家澳洲
州西澳大利亞
流域
河口印度洋
城市伯斯、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
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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]。斯旺河在伯斯附近入海，其下游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。斯旺河是伯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。

參考資料

  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.