Nicholson River (Ord River)
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| location | Northern Territory / Western Australia , Australia | |
| River system | Ord River | |
| Drain over | Ord River → Timor Sea | |
| source | at Koolerong Bore 17 ° 50 ′ 20 ″ S , 129 ° 7 ′ 47 ″ O |
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| Source height | 388 m | |
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Ord River below Doughboy Hill Coordinates: 17 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 38 ′ 45 ″ E 17 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 38 ′ 45 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 167 m | |
| Height difference | 221 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.6 ‰ | |
| length | 139 km | |
| Left tributaries | Two Mile Creek, Five Mile Creek, Red Bank Creek, Calico Creek, Bamboo Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Clean Skin Creek, Bull Creek, Flatstone Creek, Candy Creek, Tyson Creek, Wire Creek | |
| Communities | Nicholson | |
The Nicholson River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of Western Australia , or in the far northwest of the Northern Territory . Most of it is in the Kimberley region .
geography
The river has its source near the Koolerong Bore on the Buntine Highway in the Northern Territory on the border with Western Australia. It then flows to the southwest and passes under the Duncan Road at the settlement of Nicholson , which it then follows to the southwest. After flowing through the Marella Gorge , it turns north and flows into the Ord River on the southeastern edge of the Purnululu National Park , below Doughboy Hill .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Two Mile Creek - 386 meters
- Clean Skin Creek - 384 m
- Bull Creek - 379 m
- Five Mile Creek - 379 meters
- Red Bank Creek - 369 meters
- Flatstone Creek - 367 m
- Calico Creek - 360 m
- Candy Creek - 321 m
- Tyson Creek - 284 m
- Bamboo Creek - 269 m
- Wire Creek - 172 m
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Nicholson River, WA . Bonzle.com
- ^ Ord River Historic Flows . Water and Rivers Commission. Government of Western Australia (2001) ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 403 kB)
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 89
