# North Para River

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River in South Australia

North Para North Para River near Rowland Flat Location of the river mouth in South Australia Location Country Australia State South Australia Region Barossa Valley Towns Gawler Physical characteristics Source Barossa Ranges • location Flaxman Valley 34°36'49.35"S 139° 3'30.97"E • elevation 399 m (1,309 ft) Mouth confluence with the South Para River to form the Gawler River • location at Gawler • coordinates 34°36′S 138°45′E / 34.600°S 138.750°E / -34.600; 138.750 • elevation 48 m (157 ft) Length 79 km (49 mi) Basin features River system Gawler River Tributaries • left Angaston Creek, Jacobs Creek, Lyndoch Creek • right Greenock Creek, Walkers Creek [1]

The **North Para River** is a river located in the [Barossa Valley](/source/Barossa_Valley) of the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia).

The river's name is based directly on the [Kaurna](/source/Kaurna_language) word *pari* which means river.[2] The "north" descriptor distinguishes it from the [South Para River](/source/South_Para_River) with which it merges.

## Course and features

The North Para River rises in the [Barossa Ranges](/source/Barossa_Ranges) near [Eden Valley](/source/Eden_Valley%2C_South_Australia) and follows a meandering path through the [Barossa Valley](/source/Barossa_Valley), firstly north to the east of [Angaston](/source/Angaston%2C_South_Australia), then arcs around to the [southwest](/source/Ordinal_directions) to pass through the towns of [Nuriootpa](/source/Nuriootpa%2C_South_Australia) and [Tanunda](/source/Tanunda%2C_South_Australia), before merging with the [South Para River](/source/South_Para_River) in [Gawler](/source/Gawler%2C_South_Australia) forming the [Gawler River](/source/Gawler_River_(South_Australia)). The river descends 351 metres (1,152 ft) over its 79-kilometre (49 mi) [course](/source/Watercourse).[1]

The North Para River catchment is one of the key [watersheds](/source/Drainage_basin) in the northern [Mount Lofty Ranges](/source/Mount_Lofty_Ranges). It plays a very important role in the economy of South Australia, providing much of the water used by [viticulture](/source/Viticulture) in the [Barossa Valley](/source/Barossa_Valley). Its waters are also used for [livestock production](/source/Livestock), [cereal cropping](/source/Cereal) and recreation.

## See also

- [Hundred of Nuriootpa](/source/Hundred_of_Nuriootpa)

- [Hundred of Barossa](/source/Hundred_of_Barossa)

- [List of rivers of Australia § South Australia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Australia#South_Australia)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bonzle_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bonzle_1-1) ["Map of North Para River, SA"](http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=206327&cmd=sp). *Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia*. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Manning, George (1990), ["Place Names of South Australia: Para"](http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/p/p1.htm#para), *Manning Index of South Australian History*, State Library of South Australia, retrieved 31 May 2017

v t e Rivers of South Australia Rivers that flow towards the coast Acraman Broughton Crystal Hill Hutt Rocky Bungala Christies Dry Field Panalatinga Gawler North Para Jacobs South Para Glenelg Hindmarsh Inman Light Gilbert Little Para Myponga Onkaparinga Patawalonga Glen Osmond/Keswick Brown Hill Sturt Pirie–Torrens corridor Port Tod Torrens Wakefield Eyre Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin Angas Bremer Burra Currency Finniss Marne Murray Rivers of the Lake Eyre basin Alberga Cooper Diamantina Finke Frome Neales Strzelecki Warburton Eyre Kallakoopah Officer Macumba Rivers of Kangaroo Island Cygnet De Mole Eleanor Harriet Middle Rocky Stun Sail Boom Willson Rivers flowing into Lake Torrens Willochra Creek Calabrinda Creek Kanyaka Creek Wirreanda Creek

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