Hodgkinson River

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Hodgkinson River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Mitchell River
Drain over Mitchell River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
source Atherton Tablelands
16 ° 58 ′ 42 ″  S , 145 ° 2 ′ 2 ″  E
Source height 414  m
muzzle Mitchell River between Hurricane and Karma Waters Coordinates: 16 ° 40 ′ 6 "  S , 144 ° 38 ′ 28"  E 16 ° 40 ′ 6 "  S , 144 ° 38 ′ 28"  E
Mouth height 248  m
Height difference 166 m
Bottom slope 1.8 ‰
length 90.1 km
Left tributaries Little River , Branch Creek
Right tributaries East Hodgkinson River
Communities Mount Mulligan

The Hodgkinson River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located in the Far North Queensland region .

geography

River course

The river rises about 90 km west of Cairns in the Atherton Tablelands , part of the Great Dividing Range . It flows in many meanders to the northwest and flows into the Mitchell River between the settlements of Hurricane and Karma Waters .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Individual evidence

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