Picton River

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Picton River
Confluence of the Picton River with the Huon River from the Tahune Forest AirWalk

Confluence of the Picton River with the Huon River from the Tahune Forest AirWalk

Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Huon River
Drain over Huon River  → Tasman Sea
source Pinders Peak ( Southwest National Park )
43 ° 30 ′ 26 ″  S , 146 ° 40 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height 881  m
muzzle Huon River in Tahune Forest coordinates: 43 ° 5 '55 "  S , 146 ° 42' 58"  O 43 ° 5 '55 "  S , 146 ° 42' 58"  O
Mouth height 74  m
Height difference 807 m
Bottom slope 14 ‰
length 57.6 km
Left tributaries Roberts River , Farmhouse Creek, Cook Creek
Right tributaries Pattersons Creek, Hartz Creek

The Picton River is a river in the south of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

It rises on the northern slopes of Pinders Peak in the extreme southeast of Southwest National Park . From there it flows north and in its middle reaches the western border of the Hartz Mountains National Park . East of the Southwest National Park it flows into the Huon River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Roberts River - 318 m
  • Patterson's Creek - 241 m
  • Hartz Creek - 225 m
  • Farmhouse Creek - 136 m
  • Cook Creek - 120 m

Tahune Forest AirWalk

At the confluence with the Huon River there is the Tahune Forest AirWalk , a system of footbridges on which you can hike just below the treetops.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map of Picton River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 59