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The river attracted John Harvey to form his settlement at
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Australia, a history of town and district
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with biking and walking trails now borders the river.
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began acquiring land for public space, and a belt of
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753:Engineering geology of Little Para Dam
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653:"Place Names of South Australia: Para"
583:River Health in the Mount Lofty Ranges
294:204 m/s (7,200 cu ft/s)
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274:36 m/s (1,300 cu ft/s)
90:, meaning "a stream of flowing water"
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18:River in South Australia, Australia
813:Rivers that flow towards the coast
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560:Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia
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468:rivers which converge into the
556:"Map of Little Para River, SA"
402:over the Little Para River in
361:, flows north westerly to the
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588:Government of South Australia
353:It runs from its source near
130:Physical characteristics
240: • elevation
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252:29 km (18 mi)
967:Pirie–Torrens corridor
525:South Australia portal
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363:Little Para Reservoir
345:’s northern suburbs.
314:Little Para Reservoir
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722:"Little Para Trails"
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244:0 m (0 ft)
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604:on 2 September 2006
349:Course and features
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303:Basin features
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608:3 September
400:rail bridge
397:Gawler Line
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66:river mouth
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1226:Categories
1128:Rivers of
1092:Strzelecki
1072:Diamantina
955:Brown Hill
896:South Para
884:North Para
804:Rivers of
539:References
466:South Para
462:North Para
418:escarpment
379:stormwater
1097:Warburton
987:Wakefield
908:Hindmarsh
857:Christies
825:Broughton
706:ignored (
696:cite book
505:parklands
493:Salisbury
448:Etymology
404:Salisbury
309:Reservoir
261:Discharge
104:Australia
80:Etymology
1028:Currency
757:Adelaide
565:25 March
511:See also
480:In 1838
343:Adelaide
214:138°36′E
95:Location
1173:Willson
1153:Harriet
1148:Eleanor
1143:De Mole
1117:Macumba
1112:Officer
1062:Alberga
1033:Finniss
982:Torrens
935:Myponga
923:Gilbert
903:Glenelg
852:Bungala
830:Crystal
820:Acraman
476:History
357:in the
211:34°46′S
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1158:Middle
1138:Cygnet
1087:Neales
1067:Cooper
1043:Murray
1018:Bremer
889:Jacobs
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663:31 May
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1082:Frome
1077:Finke
1038:Marne
1023:Burra
1013:Angas
960:Sturt
918:Light
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867:Field
845:Rocky
456:word
415:fault
331:creek
177:Mouth
154:near
110:State
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