Dee River (Derwent River)

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Dee River
River Dee
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Derwent River
Drain over Derwent River  → Tasman Sea
confluence Dee Lagoon in the Mud Hills
42 ° 16 ′ 42 ″  S , 146 ° 36 ′ 33 ″  E
Source height 657  m
muzzle Derwent River southwest of Ouse Coordinates: 42 ° 30'15 "  S , 146 ° 41'2"  E 42 ° 30'15 "  S , 146 ° 41'2"  E
Mouth height 89  m
Height difference 568 m
Bottom slope 17 ‰
length 32.8 km
Left tributaries Jackson's Creek, Duck Rivulet
Right tributaries Mentmore Creek
Flowing lakes Dee Lagoon

The Dee River (or River Dee ) is a river in the center of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river arises in the Dee Lagoon in the Mud Hills east of Brontë from Jacksons Creek and Mentmore Creek . From there it flows south, passes under the Lyell Highway east of Chapmans Hill and flows into the Derwent River about three kilometers southwest of the settlement of Ouse .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Jackson's Creek - 657 m
  • Mentmore Creek - 657 m
  • Duck Rivulet - 347 m

Flowing lakes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map of River Dee, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 59