Flag of the Northern Territory
The list of rivers in the Northern Territory gives an overview of all rivers in the Australian Northern Territory ( German Northern Territory , abbreviation: NT).
Rivers
Legend: L = length in km; E = catchment area in km²; Q = source height ; M = mouth height ; F = river system
Surname
|
L.
|
E.
|
Q
|
M.
|
F.
|
Remarks
|
Adelaide River (photo)
|
0180.0 |
7,640 |
0149 |
0000 |
Adelaide River |
130 km navigable
|
Angalarri River |
0100.0 |
|
0078 |
0005 |
Victoria River |
|
Armstrong River |
0132.0 |
|
0280 |
0104 |
Victoria River |
|
Arnold River |
0185.8 |
|
0262 |
0074 |
Roper River |
flows through Anderson Waterhole (213 m above sea level), Ambullya Waterhole (207), Minimere Lagoon (81) and McDonald Lagoon (80)
|
Baines River |
0031.8 |
|
0010 |
0007th |
Victoria River |
|
Behm River |
0085.7 |
|
0227 |
0087 |
Ord River |
flows through the Argyle reservoir (87 m above sea level); in old maps also Behn River, named by Andrew Forrest after the German geographer Dr. Ernst Behm
|
Buckley River |
0175.0 |
|
0372 |
0207 |
Warburton River |
flows through the Flora Waterhole (262 m above sea level)
|
Bullo River |
0071.5 |
|
|
|
Victoria River |
|
Bundey River |
0100.1 |
|
0561 |
0358 |
Warburton River |
flows through the Arlpa Waterhole (497 m above sea level)
|
Camfield River |
0180.0 |
|
0210 |
0110 |
Victoria River |
|
Chambers River |
0070.0 |
|
0167 |
0094 |
Roper River |
|
Charles River |
0013.2 |
|
0702 |
0582 |
Warburton River |
|
Cullen River |
0047.3 |
|
0187 |
0110 |
Daly River |
|
Daly River (photo)
|
0351.0 |
|
0067 |
0000 |
Daly River |
flows through the Ban Ban Lagoon (35 m above sea level) and the Hot Water Billabong (22)
|
Douglas River |
0083.4 |
|
0206 |
0031 |
Daly River |
|
Dry River |
0271.0 |
|
0206 |
0128 |
Daly River |
|
East Baines River |
158.0 |
|
259 |
10 |
Victoria River |
|
Edith River (photo)
|
69.1 |
|
257 |
81 |
Daly River |
flows through Lake Malkyullumbo
|
Elizabeth River |
28.0 |
|
35 |
0 |
Elizabeth River |
|
Fergusson River |
0144.0 |
|
0296 |
0061 |
Daly River |
|
Finke River |
0600 to 700
|
|
0652 |
0099 |
Warburton River |
flows through the Glen Helen Gorge Water Hole (630 m above sea level), Boggy Hole and Thamandilla Waterhole (145)
|
Fish River |
0089.1 |
|
0215 |
0024 |
Daly River |
|
Fish River |
0045.6 |
|
0223 |
0121 |
Nicholson River |
flows through the Badjaminyi Waterhole (197 m above sea level)
|
Flora River |
0139.0 |
|
0273 |
0068 |
Daly River |
|
Georgina River |
1,130.2 |
232,000 |
0241 |
0107 |
Warburton River |
flows through 26 water holes and lakes
|
Gregory River |
0280.1 |
|
0263 |
0011 |
Nicholson River |
|
Hale River |
0380.0 |
00
|
0748 |
0189 |
Warburton River |
flows through the Coulthards Gap Waterhole (437 m above sea level)
|
Hay River |
0240.0 |
00
|
0252 |
0075 |
Warburton River |
|
Herbert River |
0015.8 |
00
|
0247 |
0241 |
Warburton River |
|
Hodgson River |
0230.0 |
00
|
0206 |
0194 |
Roper River |
flows through the Arkdip Lagoon (118 m above sea level), Flicks Waterhole (113) and Grassmere Billabong (33)
|
Hugh River |
0225.0 |
00
|
0637 |
0316 |
Warburton River |
|
Humbert River |
0045.2 |
00
|
0167 |
0096 |
Victoria River |
|
Ikymbon River |
0075.0 |
|
0154 |
0023 |
Victoria River |
|
Jalboi River |
0090.0 |
|
0100 |
0024 |
Roper River |
|
James River |
0165.0 |
|
0246 |
0198 |
Warburton River |
|
Jessie River |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Katherine River |
0328.0 |
009,569 |
0451 |
0068 |
Daly River |
|
King River |
|
|
|
|
|
|
King River |
0150.0 |
|
0215 |
0076 |
Daly River |
|
Mainoru River |
0150.0 |
00
|
0310 |
0055 |
Roper River |
|
Mann River |
0240.0 |
00
|
0390 |
0008th |
Liverpool River |
|
Manton River |
0023.6 |
00
|
0136 |
0009 |
Adelaide River |
flows through the Manton reservoir
|
Margaret River |
0105.1 |
00
|
0151 |
0012 |
Adelaide River |
|
Marshall River |
0218.0 |
00
|
0487 |
0252 |
Warburton River |
|
Mary River |
0300.0 |
008,074 |
0259 |
0000 |
Mary River |
|
McKinlay River |
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
|
|
Meander River |
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
|
|
Negri River |
0100.0 |
|
0259 |
0119 |
Ord River |
|
Nicholson River |
0139.0 |
|
0388 |
0167 |
Ord River |
|
Palmer River |
0130.0 |
|
0520 |
0384 |
Warburton River |
|
Phelp River |
0123.0 |
|
0122 |
0001 |
Roper River |
|
Plenty River |
0350.0 |
|
0605 |
0128 |
Warburton River |
|
Tendrils river |
0378.0 |
|
0244 |
0197 |
Warburton River |
|
Roper River |
0400.0 |
081,794 |
0126 |
0000 |
Roper River |
145 km navigable
|
Ross River |
0052.4 |
|
0653 |
0424 |
Warburton River |
|
Sandover River |
0354.0 |
00
|
0534 |
0300 |
Warburton River |
flows through the Junction Waterhole (361 m above sea level)
|
Strangways River |
0185.1 |
00
|
0224 |
0062 |
Roper River |
|
Todd River |
0340.0 |
000445 |
0731 |
0226 |
Warburton River |
the river was by Charles Todd , former Postmaster General of South Australia , named
|
Victoria River |
0149.0 |
87,900 |
0474 |
0080 |
Victoria River |
longest river in the Northern Territory ; flows through the Catfish Waterhole (252 m above sea level), Four Mile Waterhole (152), Ten Mile Waterhole (149), Rifle Waterhole (145) and Longreach Waterhole (119)
|
Waterhouse River |
0199.1 |
00
|
0393 |
0126 |
Roper River |
|
West Baines River |
0200.0 |
00
|
0223 |
0010 |
Victoria River |
|
Wickham River |
0204.1 |
00
|
0241 |
0078 |
Victoria River |
flows through the Johnston Billabong (117 m above sea level)
|
Wilton River |
00225.0 |
00
|
0283 |
0009 |
Roper River |
flows through the Bulman (84 m above sea level) and the Wongalara Waterhole (53)
|
Woodroffe River |
0120.1 |
00
|
0 |
0172 |
Warburton River |
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See also
Web links
Individual evidence
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^ History of River Names - B - Behm / Behn River. Landgate ( Memento from January 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )