Florentine River

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Florentine River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Derwent River
Drain over Derwent River  → Tasman Sea
source Junction Hill ( Southwest National Park )
42 ° 50 ′ 25 ″  S , 146 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height 666  m
muzzle Derwent River in Lake Catygunya coordinates: 42 ° 26 '11 "  S , 146 ° 31' 21"  O 42 ° 26 '11 "  S , 146 ° 31' 21"  O
Mouth height 187  m
Height difference 479 m
Bottom slope 7.3 ‰
length 65.4 km
Left tributaries Coles Creek, Glow Worm Creek, Blue Creek
Right tributaries Little Florentine River , Eden Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Catagunya

The Florentine River is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the southwest slopes of Junction Hill , a mountain in the far northeast of Southwest National Park , not far from the southwest bank of Lake Gordon . From there it flows north-northeast, crosses under the Gordon River Road and then runs east of the Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park . About five kilometers south of Wayatinah it flows into Lake Catagunya and thus into the Derwent River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Little Florentine River - 408 m
  • Eden Creek - 378 m
  • Coles Creek - 359 m
  • Glow Worm Creek - 348 m
  • Blue Creek - 345 m

Reservoirs flowed through

Individual evidence

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