Back Swanrivier Afrikaans نهر سوان Arabic نهر سوان ARZ Swan River (suba sa Ostralya, State of Western Australia) CEB Swan River (Západní Austrálie) Czech Суон (юханшыв) CV Afon Swan Welsh Swan River (Australien) Danish Swan River (Indischer Ozean) German Cigna Rivero (Okcidenta Aŭstralio) Esperanto
| Swan River Derbarl Yerrigan (Nyungar) | |
|---|---|
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Perth_aerial_photograph,_2023_(05).jpg) Swan River passing through the centre of Perth | |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Swan_River_Map.png) Map of the area around Perth, showing the location of the Swan River | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
| City | Perth; Fremantle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | Avon River with Wooroloo Brook |
| • location | below Mount Mambup |
| • coordinates | 31°44′34″S 116°4′3″E / 31.74278°S 116.06750°E |
| • elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Mouth | Indian Ocean |
• location | Fremantle |
• coordinates | 32°4′25″S 115°42′52″E / 32.07361°S 115.71444°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 72 km (45 mi) |
| Basin size | 121,000 km2 (47,000 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Susannah Brook, Jane Brook |
| • right | Ellen Brook, Helena River, Bennett Brook, Canning River |
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The Swan River (Nyungar: Derbarl Yerrigan[2][3]) is a major river in the southwest of Western Australia. The river runs through the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia's capital and largest city.
- ^ Middelmann; Rogers; et al. (June 2005). "Riverine Flood Hazard" (PDF). Geoscience Australia. Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2011.
- ^ Rivers of emotion : an emotional history of Derbarl Yerrigan and Djarlgarro Beelier : the Swan and Canning rivers. Broomhall, Susan., Pickering, Gina., Australian Research Council. Centre of Excellence. History of Emotions., National Trust of Western Australia. [Crawley, W.A.]: ARC Centre of Excellence History of Emotions. 2012. ISBN 9781740522601. OCLC 820979809.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Kinsella, John (2017). Polysituatedness: A Poetics of Displacement. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1526113375.