Little River (Hodgkinson River)

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Little River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Mitchell River
Drain over Hodgkinson River  → Mitchell River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
source Arringunna Mountain ( Atherton Tablelands )
17 ° 4 ′ 30 ″  S , 144 ° 54 ′ 59 ″  E
Source height 615  m
muzzle Hodgkinson River south of Mount Mulligan Coordinates: 16 ° 53 '50 "  S , 144 ° 55' 23"  E 16 ° 53 '50 "  S , 144 ° 55' 23"  E
Mouth height 342  m
Height difference 273 m
Bottom slope 8.9 ‰
length 30.8 km

The Little River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located in the Far North Queensland region .

geography

The river rises about 100 kilometers west of Cairns on the northern slopes of Arringunna Mountain in the Atherton Tablelands , part of the Great Dividing Range . It flows north in many meanders and flows into the Hodgkinson River about five kilometers south of the settlement of Mount Mulligan .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map of Little River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13