The Gawler River is a river located in the Adelaide Plains district of the Mid North region in the Australian state of South Australia.

Gawler Metta Watte[1]
Location of the river mouth in South Australia
Location
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Mid North
District	Adelaide Plains
Towns	Gawler, Angle Vale, Virginia
Physical characteristics
Source confluence	South Para River and North Para River
• location	Gawler
• elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Mouth	Gulf St Vincent
• location	between Port Gawler and Buckland Park
• coordinates	34°40′30″S 138°28′25″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	41 km (25 mi)
Basin size	883 km2 (341 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location	Port Gawler
• average	10.3 gigalitres per year (8,400 acre-feet per year)[2]
Basin features
National park	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary
[3]

The district surrounding the river produces cereal crops and sheep for both meat and wool, as well as market gardens, almond orchards and vineyards.

Course and features

Formed by the confluence of the North Para and South Para Rivers in the town of Gawler, the river flows generally west onto the Adelaide Plains. The mouth is in the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara, which consists primarily of mangroves in the tidal flats as the river empties into Gulf St Vincent. The outflow represents the boundary between the suburbs of Port Gawler on the northern bank and Buckland Park on the southern bank. The river descends 50 metres (160 ft) over its 41-kilometre (25 mi) course.[3]

Flooding

The Gawler is subject to periodic flood events and the cause of occasional flash flooding (during 1:10 to 1:50 year flood events). Major overtopping in large floods occurs along much of the river length. Significant flooding commences within Gawler township from both the North and South Para Rivers.[4]

Angle Vale

• 
  Angle Vale Bridge
• 
  September 2010
• 
  September 2016

• 
  Heaslip Road Bridge
• 
  September 2016

Baker Road ford, Virginia

September 2016[5]

See also

• Rivers of South Australia

References

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