Huon River

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Huon River
Lower Huon River

Lower Huon River

Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Huon River
Drain over Huon River → Tasman Sea
source Junction Hill ( Southwest National Park )
42 ° 50 ′ 30 ″  S , 146 ° 22 ′ 37 ″  E
Source height 578  m
muzzle D'Entrecasteaux Channel ( Tasman Sea ) Coordinates: 43 ° 16 ′ 37 "  S , 147 ° 7 ′ 27"  E 43 ° 16 ′ 37 "  S , 147 ° 7 ′ 27"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 578 m
Bottom slope 3.3 ‰
length 174 km
Left tributaries Sandfly Creek, Anne River , Manuka Creek, Tomalah Creek, Warra Creek, Weld River , Little Denison River , Russell River , Judds Creek, Mountain River , Kellaway Creek, Nicholls Rivulet, Garden Island Creek
Right tributaries Pebbly Creek, Junction Creek, Two Mile Creek, Wullyawa Creek, Seven Mile Creek, Cracroft River , Harrisons Creek, Winking Creek, Hustling Creek, Picton River , Arve River , Fryingpan Creek, Dickensons Creek, Castle Forbes Rivulet, Crookes Rivulet
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Pedder
Medium-sized cities Huonville , Geeveston , Cygnet
Small towns Ranelagh, Woodstock, Franklin, Cradoc, Castle Forbes Bay, Port Huon, Waterloo, Garden Island Creek
Communities Judbury, Glen Huon, South Franklin, Glaziers Bay, Wottle Grove, Carins Bay, Petcheys Bay, Surges Bay, Lymington, Police Point, Surveyors Bay, Vernon Sands
Ports Port Cygnet
Confluence of the Picton River with the Huon River

Confluence of the Picton River with the Huon River

The Huon River is a river in the south of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is the fourth longest river on the island.

geography

River course

It rises on the southern slopes of Junction Hill in the northeast part of the Southwest National Park . From there it flows southwest into Lake Pedder , which it leaves again at Scotts Peak Dam at the southern end of the reservoir. Then the Huon River turns its course to the west and first flows through the eastern part of the Southwest National Park and then the fertile Huon Valley , past the Glen Huon settlement . At Huonville it turns south, forms an estuary , widens and increasingly mixes with seawater. Shortly before the confluence with the D'Entrecasteaux Channel , part of the Tasman Sea on the southeast coast, Port Cygnet , a natural harbor on which the city of Cygnet is located , opens on the east bank of the river . In this area the river is more than 3 miles wide.

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Sandfly Creek - 322 m
  • Pebbly Creek - 304 m
  • Junction Creek - 216 m
  • Two Mile Creek - 214 meters
  • Wullyawa Creek - 212 m
  • Seven Mile Creek - 185 meters
  • Anne River - 158 m
  • Cracroft River - 127 m
  • Harrisons Creek - 126 m
  • Manuka Creek - 121 m
  • Winking Creek - 98 m
  • Hustling Creek - 91 m
  • Tomalah Creek - 86 m
  • Picton River - 74 m
  • Warra Creek -58 m
  • Weld River - 57 m
  • Arve River - 43 m
  • Fryingpan Creek -37 m
  • Little Denison River - 26 m
  • Russell River - 23 m
  • Judds Creek - 21 m
  • Dickensons Creek - 20 m
  • Mountain River - 9 m
  • Kellaways Creek - 0 m
  • Castle Forbes Rivulet - 0 m
  • Crookes Rivulet - 0 m
  • Nicholls Rivulet - 0 m
  • Garden Island Creek - 0 m

Reservoirs flowed through

Web links

Commons : Huon River  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map of Huon River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 56 + 58 + 59