Nicholson River (Gulf of Carpentaria)

Nicholson River
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Data
location	Northern Territory / Queensland ( Australia )
River system	Nicholson River
Drain over	Nicholson River → Gulf of Carpentaria
source	Barkly Tableland 17 ° 44 ′ 27 ″  S , 137 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height	240  m
muzzle	Gulf of Carpentaria at Burketown Coordinates: 17 ° 30 ′ 44 "  S , 139 ° 36 ′ 20"  E 17 ° 30 ′ 44 "  S , 139 ° 36 ′ 20"  E
Mouth height	0  m
Height difference	240 m
Bottom slope	approx. 0.6 ‰
length	approx. 400 km
Catchment area	53,200 km²
Left tributaries	Liligi Creek, Collins Creek, Skuthorp Creek, Fricklin Creek, Wallis Creek, Cow Creek, Fish River , Pandanus Creek, Gorge Creek, Hedleys Creek, Emu Creek, Gin Arm Creek
Right tributaries	Conjula Creek, Buddycurrawa Creek, Norris Creek, Little Pandanus Creek, Bauhinia Creek, South Nicholson Creek, Border Creek, Argyle Creek, Desert Creek, Shadforth Creek, Gregory River , Gaynor Creek
Flowing lakes	The Block Waterhole, Five Mile Waterhole
Small towns	Doomadgee
Communities	Corinda, Escott

The Nicholson River is a river in the northeast of the Australian Territory Northern Territory and in northwest Queensland . The name of the river goes back to Ludwig Leichhardt.

Surname

The river was named after the Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt during his first expedition to Australia from 1844 to 1845. He used the name of his British friend from university in Berlin, the Dr. William Alleyne Nicholson from Bristol .

geography

River course

The Nicholson River is formed by the confluence of Liligi Creek and Conjula Creek in the north of the Barkly Tableland south of Calvert Road in the Northern Territory. It first flows southeast to the confluence of Buddycurrawa Creek and then turns east. He crosses the border into Queensland and meets the Savannah Way at Corinda , which he follows to Burketown . Shortly before the city, it turns its course to the northeast and flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria .

Tributaries with mouth heights

• Liligi Creek - 238 m
• Coanjula Creek - 238 m
• Collins Creek - 225 m
• Buddycurrawa Creek - 214 m
• Norris Creek - 202 m
• Skuthorp Creek - 198 m
• Little Pandanus Creek - 192 m
• Ficklin Creek - 187 m
• Wallis Creek - 155 m
• Cow Creek - 146 m
• Bauhinia Creek - 141 m
• Fish River - 121 m
• Pandanus Creek - 108 m
• South Nicholson Creek - 105 m
• Border Creek - 95 m
• Gorge Creek - 93 m
• Hedleys Creek - 68 m
• Argyle Creek - 53 m
• Desert Creek - 48 m
• Emu Creek - 27 m
• Shadforth Creek - 27 m
• Gregory River - 11 m
• Gin Arm Creek - 10 m
• Gaynor Creek - 4 m

Flowing lakes

• The Block Waterhole - 221 m
• Five Mile Waterhole - 77 meters

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Map of Nicholson River, NT / QLD . Bonzle.com
2. ^ ^{A b} Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 12 + 99
3. ↑ trove.nla.gov.au : A. Meston: Lost Leichhardt , Brisbane Courier, June 18, 1891, in English, accessed August 7, 2013
4. ↑ Ludwig Leichhardt, Franz Braumann (ed.): The first crossing of Australia 1844-1846. P. 145. Revised according to his diaries, provided with an introduction and evidence. Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-522-60230-7