McKinlay River (Gilliat River)

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McKinlay River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Flinders River
Drain over Gilliat River  → Cloncurry River  → Flinders River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
source Selwyn Range
21 ° 35 ′ 39 ″  S , 140 ° 52 ′ 28 ″  E
Source height 335  m
muzzle Gilliat River south of Gilliat Coordinates: 20 ° 48 ′ 42 "  S , 141 ° 27 ′ 44"  E 20 ° 48 ′ 42 "  S , 141 ° 27 ′ 44"  E
Mouth height 124  m
Height difference 211 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.2 ‰
length approx. 170 km
Left tributaries Boorama Creek, Yaningerry Creek, Nora Creek
Right tributaries Rangeview Creek, Snake Creek, Martin Creek, Hickson Creek, Mistake Creek
Small towns McKinlay
Communities Answer Downs, Ding-a-Ding, Beaudesert, Thandwalla, Rutchillo

The McKinlay River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland . It does not have water all year round, but only during the rainy season .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the northeast slopes of the Selwyn Range and initially flows approximately 15 km southeast to the settlement of Answer Downs on Cannington Road . There he turns his course to the northeast and follows the road to the small town of McKinlay on the Landsborough Highway . It crosses under the highway and continues its course to the northeast, where it flows south of Gilliat into the Gilliat River .

In its middle and lower reaches, the McKinlay River forms a wide flood plain in which it runs parallel in many channels.

Tributaries with mouth heights

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of McKinlay River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 16