Saltwater Creek is a creek in
Rothwell,
Moreton Bay Region
The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shir ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
Geography
It flows north from
Hays Inlet
Hays Inlet is a saltwater inlet off Bramble Bay in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. The Brisway map reference is 420 L19. A mangrove forest is found in the inlet.
Geography
The slender inlet forms the shape of the south-western Redcl ...
and separates
Mango Hill
Mango Hill is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mango Hill had a population of 14,921 people.
History
Although locally known by this name since the 1950s, it wasn't until 1 September 1980 that it was formall ...
from Rothwell, creating a border for
Redcliffe City. Its name derives from the water being, in fact,
salt water
Saline water (more commonly known as salt water) is water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride). On the United States Geological Survey (USGS) salinity scale, saline water is saltier than brackish wat ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of Queensland
Geography of South East Queensland
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