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Murchison River, Tasmania
The Murchison River, part of the Pieman River catchment, is a major perennial river located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. Course and features The Murchison River rises below Pyramid Mountain, part of the north eastern section of the West Coast Range within the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. The river flows generally northwest, joined by six tributaries including the Wallace, Achilles, Bluff, and Anthony rivers and flowing through the impoundment, Lake Murchison. The river reaches its confluence with the Mackintosh River to form the Pieman River near in what is now Lake Rosebery, formed by the impounding of the Pieman by the Bastyan Dam. The river catchment easternmost point can be located at Mount Pelion West, while the junction point in the river catchments of the Mackintosh River and the Murchison can be located at Barn Bluff. The catchment is bordered to the south by the Eldon Range, and its south western area is in the West Coast Range, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouth (river)
A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current reducing the carrying capacity of the water. The water from a river can enter the receiving body in a variety of different ways. The motion of a river is influenced by the relative density of the river compared to the receiving water, the rotation of the earth, and any ambient motion in the receiving water, such as tides or seiches. If the river water has a higher density than the surface of the receiving water, the river water will plunge below the surface. The river water will then either form an underflow or an interflow within the lake. However, if the river water is lighter than the receiving water, as is typically the case when fresh river water flows into the sea, the river water will float along the surface of the receiving water as an overflow. Alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end. Scientific study of confluences Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies the characteristic flow patterns of confluences and how they give rise to patterns of erosion, bars, and scour pools. The water flows and their consequences are often studied with mathematical models. Confluences are relevant to the distribution of living organisms (i.e., ecology) as well; "the general pattern ownstream of confluencesof increasing stream flow and decreasing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Tasmania
This is a partial list of rivers in Tasmania, Australia. * Achilles * Adams * Albert * Andrew * Anne * Anthony * Apsley * Arm * Arthur * Arve * Badger * Bird * Black * Blackman * Bluff * Blythe * Boyd * Boyes * Braddon * Break O'Day * Broad * Browns * Calder * Cam * Carlton * Cascade * Clyde * '' Cockle'' * Collingwood * Conder * Cracroft * ''Crayfish'' * Crossing * Cygnet * Davey * Dee * Denison * Derwent * Detention * De Witt * Don * Donaldson * Dove * Duck * Dukes * Eldon * Elizabeth * Emu * Flowerdale * Ford * Forth * Frankland (north-west) * Frankland (south-west) * Franklin * Fury * Gawler * Gell * George * Gordon * Governor * Great Forester * Harcus * Hardwood * Hatfield * Heemskirk * Hellyer * Henty * ''Hobart'' * Holley * Huon * Huskisson * Inglis * Isis * Jane * Jordan * Julius * Keith * King * Lachlan * Lake * Lea * Leven * Liffey * Little Denison * Little Swanport * Loddon * Lora * Lucan * Lune * Lyons * Mackintosh * Macquarie * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery ( transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its storage (using, for example, the pumped-storage method). Electricity is not freely available in nature, so it must be "produced" (that is, transforming other forms of energy to electricity). Production is carried out in power stations (also called "power plants"). Electricity is most often generated at a power plant by electromechanical generators, primarily driven by heat engines fueled by combustion or nuclear fission but also by other means such as the kinetic energy of flowing water and wind. Other energy sources include solar photovoltaics and geothermal power. There are also exotic and speculative methods to recover energy, such as proposed fusion reactor designs which aim to directly extract energy from intense magnetic fields genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other Renewable energy, renewable sources combined and also more than nuclear power. Hydropower can provide large amounts of Low-carbon power, low-carbon electricity on demand, making it a key element for creating secure and clean electricity supply systems. A hydroelectric power station that has a dam and reservoir is a flexible source, since the amount of electricity produced can be increased or decreased in seconds or minutes in response to varying electricity demand. Once a hydroelectric complex is constructed, it produces no direct waste, and almost always emits considerably less greenhouse gas than fossil fuel-powered energy plants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Mackintosh
Lake Mackintosh is a reservoir with a surface area of that forms part of the Pieman power development running north–south past Mount Farrell, adjacent to the town of Tullah in Tasmania. Features Fed by the damming of the Mackintosh, Sophia, Fury, Southwell, and Brougham rivers and Mackintosh Creek, water from the lake feeds Mackintosh Power Station through Lake Rosebery. The lake was created in the 1980s and the main basin of the lake was originally a Button Grass swamp prior to inundation. Lake Mackintosh is impounded by two dams, the main Mackintosh Dam and the smaller Tullabardine Dam. The lake's deepest point is roughly deep at the base of the main dam. It is one of the larger sized water impoundments of the Pieman power scheme. The Murchison River is feeds into Lake Mackintosh through the Murchison Dam, to the south. The Murchison Highway borders the lake to the west. The Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park as a component part of the Tasmanian Wildernes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Murchison, Tasmania
Mount Murchison is a mountain on the West Coast Range, located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. At above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the range and within the top thirty highest mountains in Tasmania. Location and features Lying close to the Williamsford and Tullah mining areas, the mountain is often found referred to in early photographs. It is located in the Mount Murchison Regional Reserve and lies east of Zeehan, and Mount Read, and north of Mount Tyndall. The track to the summit takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete with infrequent rests. The total walk to time to the summit and return is approximately 5.5 to 6 hrs. From the trig point the nearby Towns of Tullah, Rosebery and Zeehan can be seen on a clear day. Mount Murchison is for moderately experienced climbers and contains sections that includes loose and sometimes slippery rock. The first part of the track winds through dense bush and involves stepping over a lot of tree roots. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia. The Hydro was originally oriented towards hydro-electricity, due to Tasmania's dramatic topography and relatively high rainfall in the central and western parts of the state. Today Hydro Tasmania operates thirty hydro-electric and one gas power station, and is a joint owner in three wind farms. The Minister for Energy, currently the Hon. Guy Barnett MP, has portfolio responsibility for Hydro Tasmania. Hydro Tasmania operates under the ''Government Business Enterprises (GBE) Act'' 1995 and the ''Hydro-Electric Corporation Act'' 1995, and has a reporting requirement to the Treasurer of Tasmania, currently the Hon. Michael Ferguson (Australian politician) MP. Hydro Tasmania was projected to pay the Tasma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieman River Power Development
Pieman River Power Development was a major 1970s and 1980s hydroelectric development of the Pieman River and its tributaries on the west coast of Tasmania. Development The ''Pieman River Power Development'' was approved by the Tasmanian government in 1971, construction began in 1974 and it was completed in 1987. page 24 The damming of the river was the subject of a struggle between conservation groups and Hydro Tasmania, similar to Lake Pedder . The struggle went relatively unnoticed on mainland Australia - and it was the proposed Franklin Dam issue that was to catch a much wider Australian audience, than the damming of the Pieman or King Rivers. The development included three power stations and five dams:- * Lake Murchison and Murchison Dam * Lake Mackintosh, Tullabardine Dam and Mackintosh Dam (Mackintosh Power Station), commissioned in 1982 * Lake Rosebery and Bastyan Dam (Bastyan Power Station), commissioned in 1983 * Lake Pieman and Reece Dam (Reece Power Station), com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyndall Range
The Tyndall Range, commonly called ''The Tyndalls'', is a mountain range that is part of the West Coast Range located in the Western region of Tasmania, Australia. The main focal point for the range is Mount Tyndall which lies at the northern part of the range. The whole range western slopes can be viewed from the Anthony Road, while the plateau like formation of The Tyndalls is a road free area requiring viewing either from the air, or by foot. Within the range lies the Tyndall Regional Reserve, a nature reserve that is the western buffer zone for the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park World Heritage Area. The area is north of Mount Sedgwick. The Tyndalls were named in 1877 by James Reid Scott on the suggestion of Thomas Bather Moore in honour of Professor John Tyndall, a Fellow of the Geological Society who made important contributions in physics, atmospheric science and geology. Features The Tyndall Range have a number of glacial lakes, the larger being Lake Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldon Range, Tasmania
The Eldon Range is a mountain range located in the west coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The range is located at the north eastern edge of Lake Burbury and is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area which includes the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. The range is east of the main line of the West Coast Range and runs at right angle to it in a west–east direction. It is separated from that range by the King River valley and is bordered by the Eldon River to the north and west. Naming It is claimed that Henry Hellyer named the present day Mount Farrell near Tullah with this same name in 1828 after Lord Eldon Lord Chancellor of England., however Charles Gould in 1869 gives this name to the range. Peaks Eldon Peak () is a mountain that is the highest point on the range. The peak has an elevation of above sea level, and is the western peak. The similarly named Eldon Bluff () is the eastern peak. A smaller peak to the south is known as the Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barn Bluff
Barn Bluff is a mountain located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park at the junction of the easternmost points of the Murchison and Mackintosh river catchments. At above sea level it is the fourth highest mountain in Tasmania, exceeding the height of the more famous Cradle Mountain by . The Barn Bluff is frequently snow-covered, sometimes even in summer. This mountain is perhaps the most prominent peak of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park and is visible from most areas and stands on its own, well away from other peaks. It is a popular venue for bushwalkers and mountain climbers, accessible via a side trip from the Overland Track. The path is moderate to difficult and has very steep sections, with boulder scrambling toward summit. The route is marked by cairns. The mountain was formed by glacial action and erosion and is characterised, for the most part, by the dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
