Estuaries of Australia

The separation of the types is related to the process based classification scheme where the energy sources define the group • Tide-dominated delta - River energy Burdekin River in Queensland and Macarthur River NT • Wave-dominated delta - River energy Manning River (NSW) and Yarra River (Vic) • Tide-dominated estuary - Tide energy a good example is Ord River (WA) and Broad Sound (Queensland) • Wave-dominated estuary - Wave energy - good example Peel Inlet Western Australia and Lake Illawarra NSW. • Tidal flat/creek - Tide energy Good enough Bay (WA) and Moonlight Creek (QLD) • Strandplain (and coastal lagoons) - Wave energy - good example coastal lagoon Irwin Inlet WA, strandplain Mooball Creek NSW. ==Regions==

The coastal regions of Australia are determined into estuary drainage basins • Tasmania - • Temperate East - Tweed River to East Gippsland - wave dominated coast • Subtropical east - • GBR - Dry Tropics - • GBR - Wet Tropics - • Gulf of Carpentaria - • Top End - • Kimberley - • Pilbara - • South West - • Gulfs - Gulf St Vincent to Spencer Gulf - wave dominated in south, tidal in northern parts • Bass Strait - Mallacoota Inlet to Lower Lakes - wave dominated and coastal lagoons ==See also==