Dove River (Forth River)

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Dove River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Forth River
Drain over Forth River  → Bass Strait
source Mount Campbell ( Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park )
41 ° 40 ′ 16 ″  S , 145 ° 56 ′ 31 ″  E
Source height 939  m
muzzle in Lake Cethena south of Lorinna in the Forth River coordinates: 41 ° 34 '18 "  S , 146 ° 7' 17"  O 41 ° 34 '18 "  S , 146 ° 7' 17"  O
Mouth height 222  m
Height difference 717 m
Bottom slope 23 ‰
length 30.6 km
Left tributaries Pencil Pine Creek
Right tributaries Carruthers Creek, Campbell River
Flowing lakes Dove Lake
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Cethena

The Dove River is a river in the northwest of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the northwest slopes of Mount Campbell in the northern part of the Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park . From there it first flows east to Dove Lake and then further north to the northern tip of the national park. There it turns to the east and flows about 4 km south of the settlement Lorinna into Lake Cethena and thus into the Forth River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Pencil Pine Creek - 717 m
  • Carruthers Creek - 627 m
  • Campbell River - 272 m

Lakes and reservoirs flowing through

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map of Dove River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 60