KIANGA OUTFALL

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Physical Environment

Landscape  

The headlands in the vicinity of Kianga Point consist of (undifferentiated) Ordovician bedrock, which is made up of slate, phyllite, siltstone, sandstone, schist, quartzite, greywacke and limestone (Bega Geological Series Sheet SJ 55-4).

Bathymetry & Substrate

The outfall is located in jumbled boulders at the end of a small point (unnamed) immediately south of the entrance to Kianga Lake. Effluent is discharged subtidally at a depth of 1.25m (into the surf zone). To the north is a series of unnamed beaches and small rocky points until Dalmeny is reached. To the south is an unnamed beach, Kianga Point, Bar Beach, the entrance to Wagonga Inlet, Wagonga Head and Narooma.

Currents, Winds and Waves

No data for oceanographic conditions near the outfall were available at the time of writing.

Outfall Site

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(Kian_5) Last updated June 2000