Katherine River

Katherine River
The Katherine River in Katherine
Data
location	Northern Territory ( Australia )
River system	Daly River
Drain over	Daly River  → Timor Sea
source	Mount Gilruth (east of Kakadu National Park ) 13 ° 18 ′ 59 ″  S , 133 ° 7 ′ 56 ″  E
Source height	451  m
muzzle	Daly River at Flora River Nature Park Coordinates: 14 ° 39 ′ 23 "  S , 131 ° 42 ′ 19"  E 14 ° 39 ′ 23 "  S , 131 ° 42 ′ 19"  E
Mouth height	67.6  m
Height difference	383.4 m
Bottom slope	1.2 ‰
length	328 km
Catchment area	9569 km²
Left tributaries	Snowdrop Creek, Ironbark Creek, Grace Creek, Emu Creek, Chainman Creek, King River , Limestone Creek
Right tributaries	Gimbat Creek, Turnoff Creek, Snake Creek, Terence Creek, Seventeen Mile Creek, McAddens Creek, Leight Creek, Gum Creek
Flowing lakes	Ngartjuk Billabong
Medium-sized cities	Katherine
Communities	Manbulloo
Katherine Gorge in Nitmiluk National Park

The Katherine River is a river in the north of the Australian Northern Territory .

geography

River course

The headwaters are east of Kakadu National Park on the southern slopes of Mount Gilruth . From there, the river first flows to the south, turn and then to the west in the Nitmiluk National Park the Gorge Katherine Gorge to flow through. From there it continues its course to the southwest through Katherine and finally forms the Daly River together with the Flora River north of the Flora River Nature Park .

Tributaries with mouth heights

• Snowdrop Creek - 294 m
• Gimbat Creek - 215 m
• Turnoff Creek - 206 m
• Snake Creek - 192 m
• Ironbark Creek - 185 m
• Terence Creek - 183 m
• Grace Creek - 180 m
• Emu Creek - 179 m
• Seventeen Mile Creek - 122 meters
• McAddens Creek - 100 m
• Leight Creek - 100 m
• Chainman Creek - 93 m
• Gum Creek - 84 m
• King River - 76 m
• Limestone Creek - 74 m

Flowing lakes

• Ngartjuk Billabong - 207 m

water falls

• Lily Ponds Falls

history

The first European explorer and namesake was John McDouall Stuart , who named the river in 1862 after the second daughter of the financier of the discovery expedition, John Chambers.

In late January 1998, cyclone Les caused severe thunderstorms that raised the river level to more than 20 meters and flooded a large part of Katherine. Another flood on April 6, 2006 declared a state of emergency as the river again reached a level of almost 19 m at the Katherine Bridge of the Stuart Highway .

Web links

• About the Bridges of Madison County (English)
• Information on the flood in 2006 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d e} Map of Katherine River, NT . Bonzle.com
2. ↑ Section 4: Natural Values ​​of Nitmiluk National Park . Australian Government - Northern Territory ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 95 + 97
4. ↑ Bureau of Meteorology: Katherine River Flood 1998 ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2009) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.