Myponga River

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Myponga
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Location of the river mouth in South Australia
Etymology Myponga
Location
Country Australia
State South Australia
Region Fleurieu Peninsula
Physical characteristics
Source Mount Lofty Range
 - locationWillunga Hill
 - coordinates 35°17′31″S138°35′06″E / 35.292°S 138.585°E / -35.292; 138.585
Mouth Gulf St Vincent
 - location Myponga Beach
 - coordinates 35°22′20″S138°23′04″E / 35.37222°S 138.38444°E / -35.37222; 138.38444 Coordinates: 35°22′20″S138°23′04″E / 35.37222°S 138.38444°E / -35.37222; 138.38444
 - elevation0 m (0 ft)
Basin features
Basin size138.59 km2 (53.51 sq mi)
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Catchment [2]

The Myponga River is a stream on the north-western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia.

Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia

The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located south of the state capital of Adelaide.

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

See also

Myponga Reservoir lake in Australia

The Myponga Reservoir is a reservoir in South Australia, located about 60 km south of Adelaide near the town of Myponga. The reservoir is fed by the Myponga River and other rivers in the Myponga catchment. It provides about 5% of the City of Adelaide's water supply and is the main source of filtered water for southern metropolitan Adelaide and the southern coast area. Plans to use the Myponga River catchment as a major storage area were made in 1945. Construction began in 1958 and was completed in 1962, flooding what was from 1840 known as "Lovely Valley". Prior to the construction of the Myponga Water Treatment Plant in 1993, water from Myponga was used to supplement that of Happy Valley Reservoir.

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References

  1. ↑ "MYPONGA RIVER: Occurrence records (14,893)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Search results for 'Myponga River' with the following layers selected - 'Surface Water Catchments' and 'Wetland Inventories'". Nature Maps. South Australian Government. Retrieved 15 March 2018.


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