Gilliat River

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Gilliat River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Flinders River
Drain over Cloncurry River  → Flinders River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
source north of the Swords Range
21 ° 26 ′ 52 ″  S , 141 ° 34 ′ 16 ″  E
Source height 198  m
muzzle Cloncurry River east of Sedan Dip Coordinates: 20 ° 2 '49 "  S , 141 ° 11' 35"  E 20 ° 2 '49 "  S , 141 ° 11' 35"  E
Mouth height 89  m
Height difference 109 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.47 ‰
length approx. 230 km
Left tributaries Gilliat Creek, Wilmitha Creek, Quart Pot Creek, McKinlay River , Gidya Creek, Holy Joe Creek, Dudley Creek, Fullarton River , Williams River
Right tributaries Chance Creek, Wild Duck Creek, Eastern Creek
Flowing lakes 3 water holes
Small towns Gilliat
Communities Rutchillo

The Gilliat River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland . It does not have water all year round, but only during the rainy season .

geography

River course

The river arises north of the Swords Range about 12 km south of the Landsborough Highway at the confluence of Chance Creek and Gilliat Creek . It flows north, crosses under this highway and later the Flinders Highway near the small town of Gilliat . Then it turns its course to the northwest and passes under the Wills Developmental Road south of Sedan Dip . A few kilometers east of the Gilliat River flows into the Cloncurry River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Flowing lakes

The Gilliat River flows through a number of water holes, which are filled with water even when the river itself is dry:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map of Gilliat River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 12 + 16