Hodgson River

Hodgson River
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Data
location	Northern Territory ( Australia )
River system	Roper River
Drain over	Roper River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
source	east of Scarlett Hill 16 ° 5 ′ 7 ″  S , 133 ° 51 ′ 42 ″  E
Source height	206  m
muzzle	Roper River at Roper Bar Coordinates: 14 ° 47 '16 "  S , 134 ° 35' 14"  E 14 ° 47 '16 "  S , 134 ° 35' 14"  E
Mouth height	12  m
Height difference	194 m
Bottom slope	approx. 0.84 ‰
length	approx. 230 km
Left tributaries	Cow Creek, Bull Creek, Sandy Creek, Mahogani Creek, Crawford Creek, Bella Glen Creek, Blackwater Creek, Jim Muirs Creek
Right tributaries	Brumby Creek, Red Ocher Creek, Anderson Creek, Station Creek, Dingeri Creek, Arnold River
Flowing lakes	Arkdip Lagoon, Flicks Waterhole, Grassmere Billabong
Communities	Nutwood Downs, Hodgson River, Minyerri, Hodgson Downs

The Hodgson River is a river in the north of the Australian territory Northern Territory . The river name goes back to Ludwig Leichhardt, a Prussian explorer in Australia.

Surname

Ludwig Leichhardt named the Hodgson River in 1845 on his first expedition to Australia from 1844 to 1845 after Christopher Pemberton Hodgson , an explorer, writer and diplomat who had to leave the expedition prematurely on October 1, 1844.

geography

River course

The river has its source approximately 30 km east of Scarlett Hill and flows northeast to Nutwood Downs . There it turns its course to the north and runs roughly parallel to the Hodgson River Road to the settlements of Minyerri and Hodgson Downs , where it meets the road directly. It turns northeast and flows into the Roper River at Roper Bar .

Tributaries with mouth heights

• Brumby Creek - 175 m
• Cow Creek - 168 m
• Bull Creek - 163 m
• Red Ocher Creek - 160 m
• Sandy Creek - 157 m
• Anderson Creek -148 m
• Station Creek - 139 m
• Mahogany Creek - 139 m
• Dingeri Creek - 138 m
• Crawford Creek - 85 m
• Bella Glen Creek - 79 m
• Arnold River - 74 m
• Blackwater Creek - 33 m
• Jim Muirs Creek - 18 m

Flowing lakes

• Arkdip Lagoon - 118 m
• Flicks Waterhole - 113 m
• Grassmere Billabong - 33 m

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Map of Hodgson River, NT . Bonzle.com
2. ^ ^{A b} Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 97
3. ↑ Alec Hugh Chisholm : Strange New World. The Adventure of John Gilbert and Ludwig Leichhardt . P. 101. Second revised and illustrated edition 1955. Sydney. London. Melbourne. Wellington. (English)