Everything about Canning River Western Australia totally explained
The
Canning River is a major
tributary of the
Swan River in southwestern
Western Australia. With headwaters on the
Darling Scarp, the Canning meanders through suburbs of
Perth on the
Swan Coastal Plain, including
Cannington,
Thornlie,
Riverton,
Shelley,
Rossmoyne and
Mount Pleasant, before joining the Swan at
Melville Water just downstream of the
Canning Bridge.
The Canning River was named after
George Canning,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in
1827 whose government facilitated the expedition by
James Stirling to establish the
Swan River Colony. Canning's name is honoured by a number of other features in Western Australia.
Convicts constructed the Canning River Convict Fence for the use of barges carrying timber from Mason's Timber Mill in the Darling Ranges is a notable landmark still to this day.
The Canning River is at the back of a very famous book called "My Place" by Sally Morgan. Sally always comes and plays in the dam which then leads to Canning River. Sally loves Wild Life and this is a great way to find it, in this river.
The river is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species.
Algae Bloom
Algal blooms occur naturally in the Canning River system, they're caused by a buildup of nutrients in the river. Human activities including farming, residential gardens and parklands are the major causes of increases in levels, the blooms are potentially toxic to both mammal and marine life. The
Swan River Trust monitors the levels of nutrients and growth of the algae issuing warnings and closing sections of the river to all activities. The Trust also operates cleanup programs to reduce the amount of nutrients reaching the river, as well phosphorus removal and oxygenation in areas were blooms have been identified.
The Trust is encourage by the appearance of
Azolla carpets on sections of the Canning River as this fern is known to reduce the amount of sunlight available to the algae as well as absorbing large amounts of phosphorus and other nutrients from the water. The benefits of Azolla also raise concerns about deoxygenation of the water and omit a strong sulphur odor.
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