Endeavor River
| Endeavor River | ||
 Endeavor River in Marton near Cooktown |
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| Data | ||
| location | Queensland ( Australia ) | |
| River system | Endeavor River | |
| source | North Branch: Henderson Range, Audaer Range, Hopevale 15 ° 25 ′ 14 ″ S , 145 ° 3 ′ 29 ″ E |
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| Source height | 160 m (North Branch) or 109 m (South Branch) | |
| muzzle | at Cooktown in the Coral Sea Coordinates: 15 ° 27 ′ 30 ″ S , 145 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E 15 ° 27 ′ 30 ″ S , 145 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 160 m | |
| Bottom slope | 3.1 ‰ | |
| length | 51 km | |
| Catchment area | 2104 km² | |
| Small towns | Cooktown | |
| Residents in the catchment area | 2438 | |
| The length is made up of 31 km plus North Branch (20 km) or South Branch (20 km). | ||
The Endeavor River is a river on the Cape York Peninsula in the far north of the Australian state of Queensland .
history
The Endeavor River got its now valid name from James Cook , after he was forced to put his ship Endeavor on the beach on its shallow keel and repair it here in the winter of 1770 . The night before, the ship had struck the Endeavor Reef , a coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef , at Cape Tribulation , and was severely damaged in the process.
Captain James Cook and his crew stayed in this region for almost seven weeks and had contact with the Aborigines here . The scientists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander went on intensive excursions and collected numerous specimen copies. Sydney Parkinson drew much of the fauna and flora of this region. Among other things, he painted the female of a Banks cockatoo, the first known illustration of an Australian parrot.
Today Cooktown lies at the mouth of the Endeavor River. It is the northernmost city on the east coast of Australia and was founded in 1873 near Cook's landing site.
Web links
- Website Cookstown (English)
- Description of course, flora and fauna (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ bonzle.com: map of Endeavor River.
- ^ Australian Natural Resources Atlas: Water resources - Overview - Queensland: Basin & Surface Water Management Area: Endeavor River. ( Memento of the original of July 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Australian Government: ENDEAVOR RIVER - River Basin Summary. ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 400 kB)
