Barratta Creek
| Barratta | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
| Region | North Queensland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Leichhardt Range |
| • location | below Bunkers Hill |
| • coordinates | 19°58′52″S 146°56′47″E / 19.98111°S 146.94639°E |
| • elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
| Mouth | Bowling Green Bay, Coral Sea |
• coordinates | 19°25′09″S 147°15′07″E / 19.41917°S 147.25194°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 109 km (68 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,831 km2 (707 sq mi) to 1,210.8 km2 (467.5 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 5.64 m3/s (199 cu ft/s) to 8.6 m3/s (270 GL/a)[2] |
| [3] | |
The Barratta Creek is a creek in North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the creek rise below Bunkers Hill in the
course.[3]
The catchment area of the creek occupies an 1,831 square kilometres (707 sq mi) of which an area of 173 square kilometres (67 sq mi) is composed of
estuarine wetlands.[4] The mean annual flow of the creek is 178 gigalitres (3.92×1010 imp gal; 4.70×1010 US gal). The riparian habitat of the catchment, particularly the northern end, has declined since the 1970s as a result of clearing of the floodplain forest to plant sugarcane. Most of the catchment area is still used for pastoralism, particularly grazing land for cattle.[5]
The name of the creek is thought to be derived from the local
See also
References
- ^ a b "Barratta Creek (entry 1737)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ a b "East Coastal Watersheds".
- ^ a b "Map of Barratta Creek, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Barratta Creek drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Barratta Creek". NQ Dry Tropics. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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