Little Laura River
Little Laura River | ||
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location | Queensland ( Australia ) | |
River system | Normanby River | |
Drain over | Laura River → Normanby River → Coral Sea | |
confluence | Quinkan Indigenous Reserve ( Atherton Tablelands ) 15 ° 44 ′ 46 ″ S , 144 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ E |
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Source height | 175 m | |
muzzle |
Laura River near Laura Lee ( Lakefield National Park ) Coordinates: 15 ° 25 ′ 14 " S , 144 ° 27 ′ 2" E 15 ° 25 ′ 14 " S , 144 ° 27 ′ 2" E |
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Mouth height | 73 m | |
Height difference | 102 m | |
Bottom slope | 1.9 ‰ | |
length | 54.8 km | |
Left tributaries | Shepherd Creek, Pine Tree Creek, Yellowwood Creek | |
Right tributaries | Flying Fox Creek, Garden Creek, Sandy Creek | |
Communities | Red bluff |
The Little Laura River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland , in the Far North Queensland region on the Cape York Peninsula .
geography
River course
The river arises at Red Bluff on the western edge of the Quinkan Indigenous Reserve , an Aboriginal reserve in the Atherton Tablelands , which form part of the Great Dividing Range . Source rivers are the Shepherd Creek and the Flying Fox Creek . The place Red Bluff is about 90 km west-southwest of Cooktown . From there, the Little Laura River initially flows north-northeast and crosses under the Peninsula Developmental Road approx. 10 km northwest of the small town of Laura . Soon afterwards it turns its course to the east-northeast and flows into the Laura River at the Laura Lee settlement .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Shepherd Creek - 175 m
- Flying Fox Creek - 175 m
- Garden Creek - 166 m
- Pine Tree Creek - 103 m
- Yellowwood Creek - 78 m
- Sandy Creek - 74 m
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Little Laura River, QLD . Bonzle.com
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13