Meander River (South Esk River)

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Meander River
The Western River
Meander River near Deloraine

Meander River near Deloraine

Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Tamar River
Drain over South Esk River  → Tamar River  → Bass Strait
source Bastion Bluff (Great Western Tiers)
41 ° 43 ′ 58 ″  S , 146 ° 30 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height 1060  m
muzzle South River Esk at Hadspen coordinates: 41 ° 30 '29 "  S , 147 ° 3' 12"  O 41 ° 30 '29 "  S , 147 ° 3' 12"  O
Mouth height 134  m
Height difference 926 m
Bottom slope 8.3 ‰
length 112 km
Catchment area ~ 1600 km²
Left tributaries Western Creek, Brushy Rivulet, Black Sugarloaf Creek, Pipers Lagoon Creek, Chester Rivulet
Right tributaries Sales Rivulet, Dunning Rivulet, Warners Creek, Jackeys Creek, Muddy Creek, Bonneys Creek, Quamby Brook, Murfetts Creek, Liffey River
Medium-sized cities Deloraine , Westbury
Small towns Carrick
Communities Meander, Exton, Westwood

The Meander River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Tasmania . Until the city of Westbury was founded in the early 1820s, it was called The Western River .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the southern slopes of Bastion Bluff , a mountain in the Great Western Tiers , about 18 km northwest of Great Lake . From there it first flows northeast to the settlement of Meander at the foot of the mountains. There it turns its course northwards until it reaches Deloraine . North of the city it turns east and flows past the towns of Westbury and Carrick to Hadspen , where it joins the South Esk River just before it enters Lake Trevallyn .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Sales Rivulet - 407 m
  • Dunning Rivulet - 385 m
  • Warners Creek - 374 m
  • Jackeys Creek - 339 m
  • Muddy Creek - 257 m
  • Western Creek - 247 m
  • Bonneys Creek - 231 m
  • Quamby Brook - 158 m
  • Brushy Rivulet - 156 m
  • Black Sugarloaf Creek - 152 m
  • Pipers Lagoon Creek - 137 m
  • Murfetts Creek - 136 m
  • Chester Rivulet - 135 m
  • Liffey River - 135 m

Web links

Commons : Meander River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map of Meander River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ A b Department for of Primary Industries, Water and Environment: Environmental management Goals for Tasmania Surface Waters; Meander River Catchment (PDF; 381 kB) May 2004. Accessed January 15, 2012.
  3. ^ KR von Stieglitz: Then and now in old Westbury; with notes on Exton, Hagley and Carrick . Telegraph Printery, Launceston 1946, p. 5.
  4. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 55 + 61