Percy River (Gilbert River)

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Percy River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Gilbert-Einasleigh River
Drain over Gilbert River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
source between Newcastle Range and Gilbert Range ( Atherton Tablelands )
18 ° 57 ′ 24 ″  S , 143 ° 50 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height 644  m
muzzle Gilbert River near Ortona Coordinates: 19 ° 8 ′ 27 ″  S , 143 ° 28 ′ 5 ″  E 19 ° 8 ′ 27 ″  S , 143 ° 28 ′ 5 ″  E
Mouth height 397  m
Height difference 247 m
Bottom slope 3.7 ‰
length 66.6 km
Communities Percyvale

The Percy River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland .

geography

The river has its source between the Newcastle Range and the Gilbert Range in the Atherton Tablelands , a part of the Great Dividing Range . From there the Percy River flows through largely unpopulated area to the southwest and flows into the Gilbert River at Ortona .

Individual evidence

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