Goyder River
Template:Geobox The Goyder River is a river in the Northern Territory, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise at the base of the Mitchell Range and flow north west before crossing the Central Arnhem Road then veering north and eventually discharging into the Glyde River.
The river catchment occupies an area of 10,391 square kilometres (4,012 sq mi) and is wedged between the Blyth River catchment to the west, the Walker and Roper River catchments to the south and the Buckingham and Koolatong River catchments to the east.[1]
The Goyder has a mean average discharge of 788,940 megalitres (1.031894562×109 cu yd) with a maximum flow of 1,413 cubic metres (49,900 cu ft) per second and a minimum flow of 1,830 litres (483 US gal) per second.[2]
Thought to have been named in 1868 by Captain Francis Cadell during his expedition on HMS Firefly, the river is named for George Goyder, the then Surveyor General of South Australia.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Drainage Divisions" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Pacific Aluminium: Proposed Katherine to Gove Gas Pipeline" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Goyder river". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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