Jordan River (Derwent River)

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Jordan River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Derwent River
Drain over Derwent River  → Tasman Sea
source Northumbria Hill (southwest of Oatlands)
42 ° 21 ′ 49 ″  S , 147 ° 14 ′ 56 ″  E
Source height 382  m
muzzle Derwent River in Bridgewater Coordinates: 42 ° 45 ′ 22 "  S , 147 ° 15 ′ 37"  E 42 ° 45 ′ 22 "  S , 147 ° 15 ′ 37"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 382 m
Bottom slope 3.4 ‰
length 111 km
Left tributaries Spring Hill Creek, Green Ponds Rivulet, Green Valley Rivulet, Mangalore Creek
Right tributaries Green Hill Rivulet, Exe Rivulet, Waddles Creek, Grahams Creek
Small towns Bridgewater
Communities Lower Marshes, Apsley, Menton Mowbray, Brighton

The Jordan River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the western slopes of Northumbria Hill and southwest of Oatlands . From there it first flows a few kilometers north and turns its course to the south west of Oatlands. It crosses under the Lake Highway (A5) at Apsley and the Midland Highway (A1) at Brighton . At Bridgewater it flows into the Derwent River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Green Hill Rivulet - 338 m
  • Exe Rivulet - 298 m
  • Spring Hill Creek - 247 m
  • Green Ponds Rivulet - 169 m
  • Waddles Creek - 117 m
  • Green Valley Rivulet - 91 m
  • Grahams Creek - 86 m
  • Mangalore Creek - 45 m

Individual evidence

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