Etheridge River

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Etheridge River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Gilbert-Einasleigh River
Drain over Einasleigh River  → Gilbert River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
source Newcastle Range ( Atherton Tablelands )
18 ° 27 ′ 47 ″  S , 143 ° 41 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height 449  m
muzzle Einasleigh River between Abington Downs and Minnies Outstation Coordinates: 17 ° 35 ′ 28 "  S , 142 ° 58 ′ 23"  E 17 ° 35 ′ 28 "  S , 142 ° 58 ′ 23"  E
Mouth height 147  m
Height difference 302 m
Bottom slope 1.9 ‰
length 163 km
Left tributaries Sandy Etheridge Creek, Machine Creek, Mica Creek, Dalray Creek, Spring Creek, Delaney River , Sandy Creek, Four Mile Creek, Horse Creek, Clark Creek
Right tributaries Stony Etheridge Creek, Thornborough Creek, Sisters Creek, O'Brien Creek, Boggy Creek, Quartz Blow Creek, Bowler Creek, Twelve Mile Creek, Fiery Creek
Medium-sized cities Georgetown
Communities Stony Etheridge, Mount Turner, Huonfels, Eden Vale

The Etheridge River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland .

geography

River course

The river arises on the western slopes of the Newcastle Range in the Atherton Tablelands , which are part of the Great Dividing Range , from the two source streams Sandy Etheridge Creek and Stony Etheridge Creek . From there it flows to the north-northwest, where it reaches the Savannah Way (also: Gulf Developmental Road ) about 10 km east of Georgetown . He accompanies the road west and passes under it in Georgetown. At the same time it turns its course to the northwest and then flows into largely unpopulated land, roughly in the middle between the settlements of Abingdon Downs and Minnies Outstation , in the Einasleigh River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map of Etheridge River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13