Jardine River

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Jardine River
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Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Jardine River
Drain over Jardine River → Arafura Lake
source Jardine River National Park ( Great Dividing Range )
11 ° 35 ′ 5 ″  S , 142 ° 44 ′ 33 ″  E
Source height 100  m
muzzle Arafura lake west of Injinoo Coordinates: 10 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  S , 142 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E 10 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  S , 142 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 100 m
Bottom slope 0.62 ‰
length 162 km
Left tributaries McHenry River , Derring Creek, Eliot Creek, Bradford Creek, Warra-Wong Creek
Right tributaries Packsaddle Creek, Sanamere Creek

The Jardine River is a river in the far north of the Australian state of Queensland on the Cape York Peninsula . With a length of 162 km, it is the northernmost major river on mainland Australia.

geography

River course

The river has its source in the southern part of the Jardine River National Park about 10 km from the coast of the Coral Sea in the northern foothills of the Great Dividing Range . It first flows through the national park in a northerly direction and then turns its course to the west. At the western border of the national park, it meets the area's only access road, the Peninsula Developmental Road , which from there accompanies the river for about 10 km before it turns south. The river turns north again and forms the Jardine Swamps wetland . A few kilometers north of the marshland, the Jardine River flows into the Arafura Sea about 15 km west of the small town of Injinoo .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • McHenry River - 44 m
  • Derring Creek - 27 m
  • Elliot Creek - 18 m
  • Packsaddle Creek - 18 m
  • Bradford Creek - 17 m
  • Warra-Wong Creek - 14 m
  • Sanamere Creek - 13 m

history

The river was named after the discoverer Francis Lascelle Jardine .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map of Jardine River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 15
  3. ^ Ronald & Vivian Moon: Cape York. To Adventurer's Guide . Kakirra Adventure Publications, Chelsea, Melbourne 1991. ISBN 0958826404