Behn River

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Behn River
Behm River
Data
location Northern Territory and Western Australia , Australia
River system Ord River (Cambridge Gulf)
Drain over Ord River  → Timor Sea
source Mount Behn (Malingin)
16 ° 45 ′ 16 ″  S , 129 ° 10 ′ 23 ″  E
Source height 227  m
muzzle Lake Argyle , and thus Ord River coordinates: 16 ° 23 ′ 36 "  S , 128 ° 51 ′ 6"  E 16 ° 23 ′ 36 "  S , 128 ° 51 ′ 6"  E
Mouth height 87  m
Height difference 140 m
Bottom slope 1.6 ‰
length 85.7 km
Left tributaries Cowardys Creek, Anvil Springs Creek, Bell Creek
Right tributaries Dead Horse Creek, Weaners Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Argyle
Communities Argyle Downs

The Behn River (actually: Behm River ) is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of Western Australia and in the northwest of the Northern Territory . The lower reaches are in the Kimberley region .

geography

The river has its source on the northern slopes of Mount Behn on the northern edge of the Malingin Aboriginal Reserve in the Northern Territory. From there it flows to the northwest and crosses the border into Western Australia. It crosses under Duncan Road , flows through the settlement Argyle Downs through the Behn Gorge . A few kilometers further north it flows into Lake Argyle and thus into the Ord River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Reservoirs flowed through

Origin of name

The river was named by the first European to discover it, Andrew Forrest , in 1879 . In his diary it is written: “I call this river Behn.” Later it turned out that Forrest actually named the river after the well-known German geographer Dr. Ernst Behm wanted to name. The maps printed after 1996 have been corrected in this regard.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Behm River, NT . Bonzle.com
  2. ↑ a b c d Map of Behn River, WA . Bonzle.com
  3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 89
  4. ^ History of River Names - B - Behm / Behn River . Landgate ( Memento from January 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )