Boyd River (Wedge River)

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Boyd River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Gordon River
Drain over Wedge River  → Adams River  → Gordon River  → Macquarie Harbor
source Mount Wedge
42 ° 51 ′ 6 ″  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 28 ″  O
Source height 786  m
muzzle Wedge River in Lake Gordon Coordinates: 42 ° 48 ′ 2 "  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 32"  E 42 ° 48 ′ 2 "  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 32"  E
Mouth height 296  m
Height difference 490 m
Bottom slope 20 ‰
length 24.9 km
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Gordon

The Boyd River is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the eastern slopes of Mount Wedge not far from the southeast corner of Lake Gordon . From there it flows north, crosses under the Gordon River Road (B61) and flows into Lake Gordon and thus into the Wedge River .

Reservoirs flowed through

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Map of Boyd River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 58