Isis River (Macquarie River)

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Isis River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Tamar River
Drain over Macquarie River  → South Esk River  → Tamar River  → Bass Strait
source Mount Franklin (Great Western Tiers, north of Lake Sorell )
42 ° 14 ′ 6 ″  S , 147 ° 10 ′ 19 ″  E
Source height 833  m
muzzle Macquarie River at Wyldes Plain Coordinates: 42 ° 4 ′ 47 "  S , 147 ° 30 ′ 4"  E 42 ° 4 ′ 47 "  S , 147 ° 30 ′ 4"  E
Mouth height 150  m
Height difference 683 m
Bottom slope 18 ‰
length 38.3 km
Left tributaries Joes Creek, Kingstone Rivulet
Right tributaries Ferndale Creek
Communities Ellinthorp, Auburn, Isis

The Isis River is a river in the east of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the northwest slopes of Mount Franklin in the Great Western Tiers , about 2 km north of Lake Sorell . From there it first flows east-northeast to the settlement of Ellinthorp . Then it turns its course to the north and flows about 2 km west of Wyldes Plain into the Macquarie River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Ferndale Creek - 248 m
  • Joe's Creek - 231 m
  • Kingstone Rivulet - 163 m

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map of Isis River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 59 + 61