Hodgson River
Hodgson River | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ a b c d Map of Hodgson River, NT . Bonzle.com
- ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 97
- ↑ 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)