Eldon River

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Eldon River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system King River
Drain over King River  → Southern Ocean
source Eldon Range
41 ° 59 ′ 16 ″  S , 145 ° 47 ′ 28 ″  E
Source height 991  m
confluence King River at Marble Bluff ( Mount Sedgwick ) Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′ 45 "  S , 145 ° 41 ′ 36"  E 42 ° 0 ′ 45 "  S , 145 ° 41 ′ 36"  E
Mouth height 243  m
Height difference 748 m
Bottom slope 35 ‰
length 21.4 km

The Eldon River is a river in the western part of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

The river has its source in the eastern part of the Eldon Range on the southwest corner of the Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park and initially flows to the northwest. It then describes a semicircle around the mountains and finally flows south on the western edge of the national park, where it forms the King River at the northern tip of Lake Burbury together with the South Eldon River .

Individual evidence

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