Flinders River
| Flinders River | ||
 Flood on the Flinders River near Hughenden (January 1917) |
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| Data | ||
| location | Queensland ( Australia ) | |
| River system | Flinders River | |
| Drain over | Flinders River → Gulf of Carpentaria | |
| source | Burra Range ( Great Dividing Range ) 20 ° 38 ′ 32 ″ S , 142 ° 52 ′ 15 ″ E |
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| Source height | 816 m | |
| muzzle |
Gulf of Carpentaria west of Karumba Coordinates: 17 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 140 ° 35 ′ 42 ″ E 17 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 140 ° 35 ′ 42 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 816 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.81 ‰ | |
| length | 1004 km | |
| Catchment area | 109,377 km² | |
| Discharge at the mouth A Eo : 109,377 km² |
MQ Mq |
96 m³ / s 0.9 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Sandy Creek, Morepork Creek, Oxley Creek, Jardine Creek, L-Tree Creek, Walker Creek, Sloane Creek, O'Connell Creek, Nonda Creek, Boundary Creek, Mailman Creek, Alick Creek, Caroline Creek, Cloncurry River , Brown Creek, Armstrong Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Range Creek, Oak Creek, Humpy Creek, Galah (Porcupine) Creek, Canterbury Creek, Back Valley Creek, Stewart Creek, Codfish Creek, Gorman Creek, Dutton River , Mountain Creek, Hazlewood Creek, Stawell River , Eurimpy Creek, Middle Creek, Yambore Creek, Spring Creek, Saxby River , Smiths Creek, Bynoe River | |
| Flowing lakes | Flagstone Waterhole | |
| Medium-sized cities | Hughenden , Richmond | |
| Communities | Reedy Springs, Rokeby, Molesworth, Rockvale, Warren Vale, Milgarra | |
| Residents in the catchment area | 6000 | |
 Arrival of Burke & Wills on the Flinders River (painting by Edward Jukes Greig, 1862) |
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The Flinders River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland .
geography
River course
The river has its source at Reedy Springs, south of the Burra Range , which is part of the Great Dividing Range . It flows south first and then turns west east of Hughenden . Through Richmond , he then continues his run parallel to the Flinders Highway , to turn east of Julia Creek to the northwest. It runs parallel to Wills Developmental Road and then parallel to Burke Developmental Road , which it crosses under the Milgarra settlement . In this area, the Flinders River has only a slight gradient and, together with its tributaries, the Cloncurry River and Saxby River, forms a wide flood plain with many parallel canals. Soon after the Burke Developmental Road, it also crosses under the Savannah Way west of Normanton . In this area the river delta begins and the Flinders River forms the Bynoe River as another channel next to the main river . Both river channels flow into the Gulf of Carpentaria about 15 km west of the small town of Karumba .
Only the lower course of the river with a length of approx. 120 km constantly carries water. Upper and middle reaches show significant water levels only in the rainy season .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Sandy Creek - 705 m
- Range Creek - 668 m
- Oak Creek - 651 m
- Morepork Creek - 596 m
- Oxley Creek - 543 m
- Humpy Creek - 491 m
- Jardine Creek - 350 meters
- Galah (Porcupine) Creek - 294 m
- Canterbury Creek - 283 m
- Back Valley Creek - 264 m
- Stewart Creek - 258 m
- L-Tree Creek - 256 m
- Walker Creek - 239 m
- Codfish Creek - 233 m
- Sloane Creek - 229 m
- Gorman Creek - 210 m
- Dutton River - 206 m
- Mountain Creek - 200 m
- Hazlewood Creek - 187 m
- Stawell River - 185 m
- O'Connell Creek - 180 m
- Eurimpy Creek - 179 m
- Nonda Creek - 174 m
- Boundary Creek - 166 m
- Middle Creek - 155 m
- Mailman Creek - 140 m
- Alick Creek - 127 m
- Yambore Creek - 125 m
- Caroline Creek - 79 m
- Spring Creek - 60 m
- Cloncurry River - 30 m
- Saxby River - 17 m
- Smiths Creek - 9 m
- Bynoe River - 9 m
- Brown Creek - 5 m
- Armstrong Creek - 5 m
Flowing lakes
- Flagstone Waterhole - 45 m
Nature and agriculture
The Porcupine Gorge National Park is located on one of the tributaries, the Galah (Porcupine) Creek . The land on the Flinders River is mainly used for livestock farming. The flat clay plain, in which the Flinders River, the Leichhardt River and the Nicholson River flow into the Gulf of Carpentaria, is the Gulf Plains Important Bird Area , an important bird sanctuary.
history
The Flinders River was discovered by explorers Matthew Flinders and John Lort Stokes in 1841 on their expedition with the HMS Beagle .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Flinders River, QLD . Bonzle.com
- ^ Longest Rivers - Longest River by State / Territory . Geoscience Australia. Australian Government (November 18, 2010)
- ^ Flood Warning System For The Flinders River . Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge: Flinders River ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 14, 2016
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 12 + 13.
- ^ Peter Shilton: Natural Areas of Queensland. Goldpress, Mount Gravatt QLD 2005, ISBN 0-9758275-0-2 . P. 256.
- ↑ Water resources - Overview - Queensland: Flinders River . In: Australian Natural Resources Atlas . Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Archived from the original on June 2, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gulf Plains . BirdLife International (2011)
