Willochra Creek

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox river | name = Willochra Creek | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = File:Willochra Creek Railway Bridge - showing men on and near the bridge(GN02204).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Willochra Creek Railway Bridge, 1917 | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Australia South Australia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption=  | 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 = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = [[Mount Remarkable]] {{convert|5|km}} east north east of {{SAcity|Melrose}} | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= {{coords|-32.804460|138.139027|region:AU-SA|format=dms|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Lake Torrens]] | mouth_location = {{convert|61|km|abbr=on}} due west of {{SAcity|Hawker}} | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-31.8582|137.78235|region:AU-SA|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = [[Lake Torrens]] | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = [[Waterhole]] | custom_data = | extra = }}

'''Willochra Creek''' is an ephemeral watercourse in the [[Far North (South Australia)|Far North]] region of South Australia. From [[Mount Remarkable]], where it is also known as '''Mount Remarkable Creek''', it flows generally eastwards to [[Melrose, South Australia|Melrose]] township at the foot of the mount. It thence flows generally northwards east of [[Mount Remarkable National Park]] across the eponymous [[Willochra Plain]] and through the locality of [[Bruce, South Australia|Bruce]] to the locality of [[Willochra, South Australia|Willochra]] itself at the heart of the plain. In Willochra locality the creek is also known as the Willochra Overflow and is joined by Boolcunda Creek.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer |work=Location SA Map Viewer |title=Willochra Creek |id=SA0025628 |publisher=Government of South Australia |date=17 January 2011 |accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref> Being assisted by flows from several other water courses north of Willochra locality, the flows ultimately end up crossing through a sharp gorge in the [[Flinders Ranges]] north of Mount Stephen and into the south end of [[Lake Torrens]] about {{convert|61|km}} due west of [[Hawker, South Australia|Hawker]].

<gallery> Suspension Bridge Over Willochra Creek Melrose(GN08121).jpg|[[Suspension bridge]] over Willochra Creek, [[Melrose, South Australia|Melrose]] </gallery>

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

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[[Category:Rivers of South Australia]] [[Category:Flinders Ranges]]