| Goodga River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Reservoir Hill |
| Mouth | |
• location | Moates Lake |
| Length | 9 km (5.6 mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 3,917 ML/a (0.1241 m3/s; 4.383 cu ft/s)[2] |
TheGoodga River is ariver in theGreat Southern region ofWestern Australia.
The river is located within the boundaries ofTwo Peoples Bay Nature Reserve about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east ofAlbany.
The river rises to the north of Reservoir Hill and flows in a southerly direction until it discharges into Moates Lake. This lake drains into Gardner Lake and eventually intoTwo Peoples Bay.
The average rainfall in the catchment area is 1,100 millimetres (43 in), with most falling in the winter months. The catchment mostly consists ofAlbany blackbutt (Eucalyptus staeri) andsheoak (Allocasuarina fraseriana) forest. Approximately one third of the catchment has been cleared for agriculture.[3]
The name was first recorded in 1913 by a surveyor and is thought to be ofAboriginal origin.
A weir was built along the river in 1964 to measure stream flow; afishway was built in 2000 to allow fish tomigrate upstream of the weir.[3]
The river is home to the endangered fish, the trout minnow (Galaxias truttaceus), which only occurs between the Goodga and theAngove River. In 2003, the first vertical slot fishway in Western Australia was installed in the river.[4][5]
34°56′55″S118°4′48″E / 34.94861°S 118.08000°E /-34.94861; 118.08000
Rivers ofWestern Australia | |
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| Rivers of theGascoyne region | |
| Rivers of theGoldfields–Esperance region | |
| Rivers of theGreat Southern region | |
| Rivers of theKimberley region |
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| Rivers of theMid West region | |
| Rivers of thePeel andPerth regions | |
| Rivers of thePilbara region | |
| Rivers of theSouth West region | |
| Rivers of theWheatbelt region | |
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