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Quiz about Suburban Australian Waterways
Quiz about Suburban Australian Waterways

Suburban Australian Waterways Trivia Quiz


How much do you know about rivers and creeks in some of Australia's urbanised and suburban areas?

A multiple-choice quiz by Phyllis_n_Jean. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
245,777
Updated
Nov 05 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1291
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 149 (8/10), Guest 107 (9/10), Guest 1 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The greater Sydney region is encircled by a river that runs north and then east, changing name after it bends. What is the river called when it flows eastwards out to sea? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. A storm water channel that runs underneath the Sydney central business district used to be a small natural waterway that flowed into Sydney Cove. It provided water for Europeans when they first established a settlement in Sydney. What did Europeans call it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Lake Burley Griffin forms the centrepiece of the city of Canberra. What river was dammed to create the lake? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The Yarra River is the main waterway flowing through Melbourne. Which of the following is a tributary of the Yarra? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The very wet island state of Tasmania is criss-crossed with major river systems, but on the estuary of which river does the state capital lie? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The River Torrens flows through the centre of Adelaide. Which river, named for an explorer who made some headway into the South Australian desert, flows through Adelaide south of the Torrens, entering the sea at Glenelg? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Alice Springs in central Australia was built around the Todd River. Being a desert waterway, the Todd is often dry. When it does flow, what does it eventually flow into? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Ludmilla Creek and Rapid Creek are two of the main waterways flowing through the city of Darwin. The land surrounding them is protected from housing developments. What is the major kind of vegetation growing adjacent to these creeks? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The Swan River is the major waterway of Perth. What is the last stretch of the river called before it reaches the Indian Ocean? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. At the far south end of the Gold Coast (Queensland), just across the border in New South Wales, is the mouth of a major river. Which one? Hint



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1. The greater Sydney region is encircled by a river that runs north and then east, changing name after it bends. What is the river called when it flows eastwards out to sea?

Answer: Hawkesbury River

The Hawkesbury-Nepean is a magnificent waterway, given two names by European explorers before they realised that the big broad inlet at Broken Bay (the Hawkesbury River) was connected to the deep inland river west of Sydney (the Nepean River). The name change occurs near Richmond, when the Grose River tributary joins the Nepean.
2. A storm water channel that runs underneath the Sydney central business district used to be a small natural waterway that flowed into Sydney Cove. It provided water for Europeans when they first established a settlement in Sydney. What did Europeans call it?

Answer: The Tank Stream

The stream flowed into the cove near the junction of what are now Pitt and Bridge Streets. Water tanks cut into the sandstone to collect the water gave the stream its name.
3. Lake Burley Griffin forms the centrepiece of the city of Canberra. What river was dammed to create the lake?

Answer: Molonglo River

The Molonglo and Cotter Rivers are both tributaries of the Murrumbidgee, and all three flow through the Canberra region. The Cotter flows into the Murrumbidgee from the Brindabella Ranges west of Canberra, and the Molonglo flows through Canberra from the southern tablelands in the southeast. There is no Burley Griffin River in Canberra.
4. The Yarra River is the main waterway flowing through Melbourne. Which of the following is a tributary of the Yarra?

Answer: Maribyrnong River

The Yarra winds its way through Melbourne's north east, flows through the central business district, then makes a large bend through the dockland areas separating the suburbs of Footscray and Port Melbourne. It is at this bend that the Maribyrnong River joins the Yarra, at Yarraville, just before it flows into Port Phillip Bay. Kororoit Creek flows directly into Port Phillip Bay at Altona, further to the south-west of the Yarra's mouth, and the Werribee River enters the Bay even further south-west, at Werribee. Dandenong Creek flows into the Bay far to the south-east, at Carrum, as the Patterson River.
5. The very wet island state of Tasmania is criss-crossed with major river systems, but on the estuary of which river does the state capital lie?

Answer: River Derwent

The capital, Hobart, lies on the mouth of the River Derwentt in the south-east of the state, often credited as the deepest sheltered harbour in the southern hemisphere. The Franklin-Gordon River system, the subject of a famous and successful environmental campaign in the 1980s to prevent its being dammed, lies in the far less urbanised west of the state.
6. The River Torrens flows through the centre of Adelaide. Which river, named for an explorer who made some headway into the South Australian desert, flows through Adelaide south of the Torrens, entering the sea at Glenelg?

Answer: Sturt River

Charles Sturt and his party were the first Europeans to prove that many of Australia's westward flowing rivers joined the Murray, and to travel down the Murray from New South Wales to its mouth in South Australia. Later in life, Sturt attempted to reach central Australia from Adelaide, but poor health in the harsh desert conditions forced him to turn back.
7. Alice Springs in central Australia was built around the Todd River. Being a desert waterway, the Todd is often dry. When it does flow, what does it eventually flow into?

Answer: The Simpson Desert

The Todd, like other nearby waterways including the major central Australian river, the Finke, flows towards the dunes of the Simpson Desert, and simply stops, sinking into the sand or drying up.
8. Ludmilla Creek and Rapid Creek are two of the main waterways flowing through the city of Darwin. The land surrounding them is protected from housing developments. What is the major kind of vegetation growing adjacent to these creeks?

Answer: Mangroves

The land surrounding the whole of Ludmilla Creek and the downstream half of Rapid Creek is all mangrove growing on tidal flats, and so is prone to flooding from high tides. This is the reason no houses may be built there.
9. The Swan River is the major waterway of Perth. What is the last stretch of the river called before it reaches the Indian Ocean?

Answer: Fremantle Harbour

After it passes the Perth central business district, the Swan balloons into Perth Water, then passes The Narrows to enter a huge estuary. Lucky Bay is a part of this estuary. To reach the ocean, the river then narrows substantially, funnelling through a small channel of which Fremantle Harbour is the final stretch.
10. At the far south end of the Gold Coast (Queensland), just across the border in New South Wales, is the mouth of a major river. Which one?

Answer: Tweed River

Coolangatta is a Queensland town nearby on the far south of the Gold Coast, but Tweed Heads, the town at the Tweed River's outlet, is in New South Wales. The Gold Coast is an extraordinary place, being urbanised and built-up despite the fact that not too far inland are exquisite rainforest and extensive sugar cane farms.
Source: Author Phyllis_n_Jean

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