Fisher River (Mersey River)

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Fisher River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Mersey River
Drain over Mersey River  → Bass Strait
source Forty Lakes Peak (Central Plateau Conservation Area)
41 ° 45 ′ 35 ″  S , 146 ° 25 ′ 2 ″  E
Source height 1240  m
muzzle Mersey River in Lake Parangana Coordinates: 41 ° 38 '49 "  S , 146 ° 13' 39"  E 41 ° 38 '49 "  S , 146 ° 13' 39"  E
Mouth height 415  m
Height difference 825 m
Bottom slope 28 ‰
length 29.3 km
Left tributaries Little Fisher River
Right tributaries Yeates Creek, Gun Lagoon Creek, Snake Creek
Flowing lakes Lake Mackenzie
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Parangana

The Fisher River is a river in the center of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the southwest slopes of Forty Lakes Peak in the Central Plateau Conservation Area . From there it flows first to the north-northwest into Lake Mackenzie and then to the west into Lake Parangana and thus into the Mersey River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Yeates Creek - 889 m
  • Gun Lagoon Creek - 884 m
  • Snake Creek - 468 m
  • Little Fisher River - 456 m

Lakes and reservoirs flowing through

Fish stocks

Brown trout can be found in the Fisher River .

Individual evidence

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