Clarence River (Nive River)

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Clarence River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Derwent River
Drain over Nive River  → Derwent River  → Tasman Sea
source Clarence Lagoon (south of the Walls of Jerusalem National Park )
42 ° 4 ′ 56 ″  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 54 ″  E
Source height 962  m
muzzle Nive River southwest of Brontë Coordinates: 42 ° 11 ′ 41 "  S , 146 ° 26 ′ 39"  E 42 ° 11 ′ 41 "  S , 146 ° 26 ′ 39"  E
Mouth height 546  m
Height difference 416 m
Bottom slope 19 ‰
length 21.5 km
Flowing lakes Clarence Lagoon

The Clarence River is a river in the west of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river arises in the Clarence Lagoon south of the Walls of Jerusalem National Park . From there it first flows south and passes under the Lyell Highway (A10). Then it turns its course to the southeast and flows into the Nive River about 4 km southwest of Brontë .

Flowing lakes

Individual evidence

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