Neales River

{{Short description|River in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox river | name = Neales | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Neales Overflow | name_etymology = In honour of [[John Bentham Neales]]  | image = Lake eyre basin map.png | image_size = | image_caption = A map of the [[Lake Eyre basin]] showing Neales River | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Australia South Australia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the [[mouth (river)|river mouth]] in [[South Australia]]  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Australia]] | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = [[South Australia]] | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = [[Far North (South Australia)|Far North]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|420|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name=Morton>{{Citation | last1=Morton | first1=S. R | last2=Barker | first2=R. D. | last3=Doherty | first3=M. D | title=Natural heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin in South Australia : world heritage assessment | publication-date=1995 | publisher=CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology | url=http://www.lakeeyrebasin.gov.au/sitecollectionimages/resources/587fdbe9-9dfd-41bb-8690-b360099f3c31/files/leb-world-heritage-values-1995.pdf | accessdate=3 June 2019 | page=44 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308051948/http://www.lakeeyrebasin.gov.au/sitecollectionimages/resources/587fdbe9-9dfd-41bb-8690-b360099f3c31/files/leb-world-heritage-values-1995.pdf | archive-date=8 March 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Mount Brougham<ref name=Morton/><ref name="source">{{cite web|title=Search results for "Mount Brougham, MT" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities' and 'Gazetteer'|url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=134.47619&y=-27.50606&z=10&uids=19,105&pinx=134.282125&piny=-27.411470&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Mount+Brougham,+Mt |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian Government|accessdate= 3 June 2019}}</ref> | source1_location = [[Welbourn Hill, South Australia|Welbourne Hill]]<ref name="source"/> | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = {{convert|354|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="source"/> | mouth = [[Lake Eyre]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-28.0671|136.9007|region:AU-SA_type:watercourse|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|-1|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = [[Lake Eyre Basin]] | basin_size = {{convert|35000|km2}}<ref name=Morton/> | tributaries_left = Barlow Creek | tributaries_right = | custom_label = [[Sink (geography)|Waterholes]] | custom_data = | extra = <ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=205378&cmd=sp |title=Map of Neales Overflow, SA |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |date= |access-date=26 April 2017 }}</ref> }}

The '''Neales River''' is a watercourse located in the [[Far North (South Australia)|Far North]] region of the Australian state of [[South Australia]].

The river is a tributary of [[Lake Eyre]]. The [[Central Australia Railway]], on which [[The Ghan]] passenger train operated until 1980, crossed the Neales River floodplain over [[Algebuckina Bridge]].

Neales River was named by explorer [[John McDouall Stuart]] after businessman and politician [[John Bentham Neales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Place Names of South Australia|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/n/n2.htm#nealesR|website=State Library of South Australia|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==See also== {{stack|{{portal|South Australia}}}} *{{Section link|List of rivers of Australia|South Australia}}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Rivers of South Australia]] [[Category:Lake Eyre basin]] [[Category:Far North (South Australia)]]