Panalatinga Creek

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox river | name = Panalatinga | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = [[Kaurna language|Kaurna]] word  | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | 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 = [[Adelaide]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = [[Mount Lofty Ranges]] | source1_location = Bald Hill | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = {{convert|589|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = [[confluence]] with the [[Field River]] | mouth_location = south of {{SAcity|Hallett Cove}} | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|35.087810|S|138.534060|E|format=dms|type:river_region:AU-SA|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|490|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = [[Onkaparinga River]] | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = [[Waterhole]] | custom_data = | extra = <ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=199483&cmd=sp |title=Map of Panalatinga Creek, SA |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |date= |access-date=25 March 2017 }}</ref> }} The '''Panalatinga Creek''' is an [[Urban stream|urban watercourse]] located in the southern suburbs of [[Adelaide]] in the Australian state of [[South Australia]].

==Course and features== Part of the [[Onkaparinga River]] [[drainage basin|catchment area]] that drains the western slopes of the [[Mount Lofty Ranges]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/reports_water/c0046-ecosystem-2008 |title= Panalatinga Creek, Reynella East: 2008 Aquatic Ecosystem Condition Report |work=Environmental Protection Authority |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=2008 |access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref> the creek rises in the foothills in the southern Adelaide suburbs around [[Chandlers Hill, South Australia|Chandlers Hill]] through to [[Trott Park, South Australia]] and reaches its [[confluence]] with the [[Field River, South Australia|Field River]] near the [[Southern Expressway (Australia)|Southern Expressway]]. Now no more than a narrow suburban watercourse, Panalatinga Creek's earliest European recorded use was as the source of water for [[John Reynell]]'s early vineyards around his [[Chateau]] [[Reynella]] homestead in 1849.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onkaparinga.net/about/creeks/panala.shtml |title=About the Catchment Area - Panalatinga Creek |publisher=Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network |date=2006 |accessdate=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721031600/http://www.onkaparinga.net/about/creeks/panala.shtml |archivedate=21 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Etymology== The name of the creek is derived from the [[Kaurna language]] word of ''Pandlotinga'', and is sometimes mispronounced as ''Panatalinga''.

==See also== {{stack|}} *{{Section link|List of rivers of Australia|South Australia}} *[[Panalatinga Road, Adelaide|Panalatinga Road]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rivers of Adelaide]]