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Flood control dam over the river in
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610:Shared path
519:Present day
444:Warri Parri
362:Upper Sturt
331:Warri Parri
326:Sturt Creek
322:Sturt River
259: /
247:138°30′56″E
185:Upper Sturt
110:Warri Parri
105:Native name
81:river mouth
38:Sturt Creek
1457:Categories
1359:Rivers of
1323:Strzelecki
1303:Diamantina
1186:Brown Hill
1127:South Para
1115:North Para
1035:Rivers of
893:2007-12-24
670:References
596:phosphorus
580:government
549:South Road
457:confluence
427:See also:
409:Heathfield
398:indigenous
337:Warriparri
290:Basin size
244:34°57′40″S
211:confluence
1328:Warburton
1218:Wakefield
1139:Hindmarsh
1088:Christies
1056:Broughton
994:20 August
592:turbidity
555:with the
493:instead.
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134:Australia
95:Etymology
1259:Currency
756:25 March
638:See also
632:Willunga
600:nitrogen
588:salinity
537:Ironbank
449:Dreaming
346:Adelaide
154:Adelaide
125:Location
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1384:Harriet
1379:Eleanor
1374:De Mole
1348:Macumba
1343:Officer
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1264:Finniss
1213:Torrens
1166:Myponga
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1083:Bungala
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968:20 June
620:Glenelg
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423:History
411:in the
364:in the
130:Country
1389:Middle
1369:Cygnet
1318:Neales
1298:Cooper
1274:Murray
1249:Bremer
1120:Jacobs
1110:Gawler
964:. 2011
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401:Kaurna
378:Marion
372:, the
282:Length
169:Source
150:Region
117:Kaurna
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1313:Frome
1308:Finke
1269:Marne
1254:Burra
1244:Angas
1191:Sturt
1149:Light
1144:Inman
1098:Field
1076:Rocky
932:(PDF)
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206:Mouth
140:State
35:Sturt
1333:Eyre
1223:Eyre
1203:Port
1071:Hutt
1066:Hill
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